Check OWC data source providers

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\com categories

Value name: checkowcsafeproviders

Enabled: checkowcsafeproviders = 1

Disabled: checkowcsafeproviders = 0

Description

This policy setting determines whether Office checks that an Office Web Components (OWC) data source provider is properly categorized before loading it. If you enable this policy setting, Office only loads properly categorized data source providers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Office does not check that an OWC data source provider is properly categorized before loading it.