Volume preference

This policy setting allows you to configure Microsoft Word to retain file path information when you work with files on a network server, either as a mapped drive (Z:\Folder_Name\File_Name) or as Universal Naming Convention (UNC) (\\Share_Name\File_Name).

If you enable this policy setting, you may select one of these options:
- Use Drive letter or UNC as entered
- Convert Drive letter to UNC
- Convert UNC to Drive letter

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default option is "Use Drive letter or UNC as entered."

Volume preference

0. Use Drive letter or UNC as entered
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options
   Value Name	volumepref
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	0

1. Convert Drive letter to UNC
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options
   Value Name	volumepref
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	2

2. Convert UNC to Drive letter
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options
   Value Name	volumepref
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	1