Activate Restricted Browsing

Policy ID: L_ActivateRestrictedBrowsing
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 Office 2016 › File Open/Save dialog box › Restricted Browsing

Description

When Restricted Browsing is activated the save as dialog box will be restricted such that the user will only be able to navigate to those locations and the children of those locations specified in the "Restricted Browsing\Approve Locations" policy setting. If you want to enable the "Approve Locations" policy setting, you must first enable the "Approve Locations" policy setting first.

Options

The empty box and the checked box tell the checkbox items of the Group Policy editor apart (a checked box is an item that is selected by default).

Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft SharePoint Designer
Microsoft InfoPath
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Word

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\open find\restrictedbrowse\optin View registry values

microsoft accessREG_DWORD
microsoft excelREG_DWORD
microsoft sharepoint designerREG_DWORD
microsoft infopathREG_DWORD
microsoft onenoteREG_DWORD
microsoft outlookREG_DWORD
microsoft powerpointREG_DWORD
microsoft projectREG_DWORD
microsoft publisherREG_DWORD
microsoft visioREG_DWORD
microsoft wordREG_DWORD

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