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Disable First Run Movie

Verified with Microsoft 365/Office 5568.1000 — updated on September 4, 2026

Microsoft 365/Office 5568.1000

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

Path in the GPO console

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016\First Run

Description

This policy setting determines whether a video about signing-in to Office is played when Office first runs. If you enable this policy setting, the video does not run during Office First Run. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, a video about signing-in to Office plays when Office first runs.

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\firstrun

Value name: disablemovie

Enabled: disablemovie = 1

Disabled: disablemovie = 0

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Configure the state, scope and options, then generate .reg, PowerShell, Intune and SCCM outputs — or add the setting to a multi-setting collection.

These exports write the registry — this is not a managed GPO.

.reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Disable First Run Movie
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\firstrun]
"disablemovie"=dword:00000001
More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)

PowerShell

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Disable First Run Movie
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.

$path = 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\firstrun'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablemovie' -Value 1 -Type DWord

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