Escrow Key #14

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

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\crypto\escrowcerts

Options

escrowcert14 text

Description

This policy setting allows you to specify a certificate to use as an escrow key for password protected files. If you enable this policy setting, the certificate you specify is used as an escrow key for all password protected files that are created on this machine. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, an escrow key is not configured.