Don't show the What's New information for OneNote

This policy setting controls whether the What's New information is shown when a user opens the desktop version of OneNote for the first time after OneNote has been updated with new features. By default, the What's New information is shown.

If you enable this policy setting, the What's New information isn't shown. Also, the What's New button in File > Account is disabled.

If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the What's New information is shown.

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

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote
Value Namedontshowwhatsnew
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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