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Manage QuickView Office files capability in Microsoft Edge
Supported versions
- On Windows and macOS since 90 or later
Description
Allows you to set whether users can view publicly accessible Office files on the web that aren't on OneDrive or SharePoint. (For example: Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets)
If you enable or don't configure this policy, these files can be viewed in Microsoft Edge using Office Viewer instead of downloading the files.
If you disable this policy, these files will be downloaded to be viewed.
Supported features
- Can be mandatory: Yes
- Can be recommended: No
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
- Per Profile: Yes
- Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No
Data type
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled
- GP name: Manage QuickView Office files capability in Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Recommended): N/A
- GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx
Example value
Enabled
Registry settings
- Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
- Path (Recommended): N/A
- Value name: QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000001
Mac information and settings
- Preference Key name: QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled
- Example value:
<true/>