Disable Trust Bar Notification for unsigned application add-ins

This policy setting controls whether the specified 2007 Office applications notify users when unsigned application add-ins are loaded or silently disable such add-ins without notification.

If you enable this policy setting, applications automatically disable unsigned add-ins without informing the users.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, if an application is configured to require that all add-ins be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Bar at the top of the active window. The Trust Bar contains a message that informs users about the unsigned add-in.

This policy setting only applies if the 2007 Office application is configured to require that all add-ins are signed by a trusted publisher. By default, users can configure this requirement themselves in the "Add-ins" category of the Trust Center for the application. To enforce this requirement, you must enable the "Require that application add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher" policy setting in Group Policy, which prevents users from changing the setting themselves.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Security
Value NameNoTBPromptUnsignedAddin
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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