Turn off Protected View for attachments opened from Outlook

This policy setting allows you to determine if Word files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View.

If you enable this policy setting, Outlook attachments do not open in Protected View.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook attachments open in Protected View.

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\15.0\word\security\protectedview
Value Namedisableattachmentsinpv
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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