Unsafe Location #2

Policy ID: L_UnsafeLoc02
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 › Security Settings › Trust Center › Protected View

Description

This policy setting allows you to specify a location containing files that should always open in Protected View.

If you enable this policy setting, you can specify a location containing files that always open in Protected View. If you check the "Allow sub folders" option, sub folders will also be included.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, only the "Downloaded Program Files" and "Temporary Internet Files" folders will be considered unsafe locations.

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).

Path:
Allow sub folders:

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\protectedview\locations\location2 View registry values

pathREG_EXPAND_SZ
allowsubfoldersREG_DWORD

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