Don’t show the What’s New information for Visio

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

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio

Value name: dontshowwhatsnew

Enabled: dontshowwhatsnew = 1

Disabled: dontshowwhatsnew = 0

Description

This policy setting controls whether the What’s New information is shown when a user opens the desktop version of Visio for the first time after Visio has been updated with new features. By default, the What’s New information is shown. If you enable this policy setting, the What’s New information isn’t shown. Also, the What’s New button in File > Account is disabled. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, the What’s New information is shown. Note: There are separate policy settings for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Visio.