Show the File Format dialog

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\registration

Value name: shownfilefmtpromptpolicy

Enabled: shownfilefmtpromptpolicy = 1

Disabled: shownfilefmtpromptpolicy = 0

Description

This policy setting allows you to control whether the file format dialog has already been shown to the user. If you enable this policy setting, the dialog won't be shown again. If you disable this policy setting, the dialog prompts the user to select a default file format on each boot until one is selected. If you don't configure this policy setting, the dialog prompts the user to select a default file format on each boot until one is selected.