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[Deprecated] Don’t AutoSave files in PowerPoint

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016\AutoSave
Hive
HKCU
Key
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint
Value
dontautosave
Type
REG_DWORD

Description

Important: This policy setting will be removed in a future release and will no longer be supported. Please use the "Turn off AutoSave by default in PowerPoint" policy setting instead.

This policy setting controls whether files can be AutoSaved in the desktop version of PowerPoint after PowerPoint has been updated with new features. By default, Auto Saving files is Enabled.

If you enable this policy setting files will not be able to be AutoSaved.

If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting files will be able to be AutoSaved.

Note: There are separate policy settings for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Supported On

At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Values

Setting Value name Type Data Meaning
Enabled dontautosave REG_DWORD 1 Policy is enabled
Disabled dontautosave REG_DWORD 0 Policy is disabled