This policy setting controls whether Outlook blocks potentially dangerous attachments designated Level 1.
Outlook uses two levels of security to restrict users' access to files attached to e-mail messages or other items. Files with specific extensions can be categorized as Level 1 (users cannot view the file) or Level 2 (users can open the file after saving it to disk). Users can freely open files of types that are not categorized as Level 1 or Level 2.
If you enable this policy setting, Outlook users can gain access to Level 1 file type attachments by first saving the attachments to disk and then opening them, as with Level 2 attachments.
If you disable this policy setting, Level 1 attachments do not display under any circumstances.
If you do not configure this policy setting, Outlook completely blocks access to Level 1 files, and requires users to save Level 2 files to disk before opening them.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| Registry Path | software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\security |
| Value Name | showlevel1attach |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |