Do not show unread message count on Windows Welcome screen
- Policy ID
- L_DisableWindowsFriendlyLogonMailQuery
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
- Source
- Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
- Category
- Microsoft Outlook 2016 › Miscellaneous
Description
By default, Windows queries Outlook for the unread message count for users and displays the result on the Windows Welcome screen. By enabling this setting, you can change this behavior so that Windows does not provide this feature on the Welcome screen.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- dontupdatefriendlylogonREG_DWORD