Apps blocked by Writing Assistance admin policy: registry value L_WritingAssistantAdminBlockedAppsUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant\adminblockedapps

Policy ID: L_WritingAssistantAdminBlockedApps
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: -
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Office 2016 › Writing Assistance

Registry

(list values)

REG_SZUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant\adminblockedapps Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Blocked application names (e.g., notepad.exe)
Value type: REG_SZ

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant\adminblockedapps]
"<enter value>"="<enter value>"

CMD

reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant\adminblockedapps" /v "<enter value>" /t REG_SZ /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant\adminblockedapps' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant\adminblockedapps' -Name '<enter value>' -PropertyType String -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null