Default Shared Folder Location

This policy setting sets allows you to set the location of the Shared Folder that is designated as Default.

If you enable this policy setting, you can set the URL for the Shared Folder from which users can insert apps into their Office documents.

If you disable this policy setting, users cannot insert apps from a Shared Folder.

If you do not configure this policy setting, or any other policy settings in the Trusted Catalogs folder, users can set their own Default Shared Folder location.

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Enable policy:
Registry PathValue NameValue TypeValue
software\policies\microsoft\office\15.0\wef\trustedcatalogs\catalogfsdefaultidREG_SZcatalogFSDefault
software\policies\microsoft\office\15.0\wef\trustedcatalogs\catalogfsdefaultflagsREG_DWORD1

URL:

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\15.0\wef\trustedcatalogs\catalogfsdefault
Value Nameurl
Value TypeREG_EXPAND_SZ
Default Value

office15.admx

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