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Poundy
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The helpful ;-) folks over at answers.Microsoft.com have suggested I post over here. So here I am.
In a nutshell, I've moved users OutlookSecureTempFolder location outside the default that has PMIE settings and when a user opens a file from Outlook the app in question (Excel, Word) it does NOT prompt the user that the file is open in protected mode. If the location is in the PMIE zone, they would be prompted. I believe Outlook and the apps should still behave in the same way when I use a supported registry entry to move this location, but my testing shows they don't.
I hope to find a way to flag my new location as a PMIE zone, or tag it "untrusted", so that the Protected Mode prompt comes back.
My original post:
Outlook 2016+ and moving OutlookSecureTempFolder
I have found many posts talking about the opposite - wanting Protected Mode to not work, but I want it TO work!
I have, for valid reasons, moved Outlook's temp folder to a different location using the OutlookSecureTempFolder registry value in HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security via a GPO, and the consequence of that is that a file (say a Word doc or Excel doc) that's opened from Outlook will only open as Read-Only, and the Protected Mode warning banner isn't shown.
I'd like to know if it's possible for me to designate this new file location as an untrusted location or attach a PMIE zone to it in some way, so Word/Excel then show my users the Protected Mode message?
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In a nutshell, I've moved users OutlookSecureTempFolder location outside the default that has PMIE settings and when a user opens a file from Outlook the app in question (Excel, Word) it does NOT prompt the user that the file is open in protected mode. If the location is in the PMIE zone, they would be prompted. I believe Outlook and the apps should still behave in the same way when I use a supported registry entry to move this location, but my testing shows they don't.
I hope to find a way to flag my new location as a PMIE zone, or tag it "untrusted", so that the Protected Mode prompt comes back.
My original post:
Outlook 2016+ and moving OutlookSecureTempFolder
I have found many posts talking about the opposite - wanting Protected Mode to not work, but I want it TO work!
I have, for valid reasons, moved Outlook's temp folder to a different location using the OutlookSecureTempFolder registry value in HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security via a GPO, and the consequence of that is that a file (say a Word doc or Excel doc) that's opened from Outlook will only open as Read-Only, and the Protected Mode warning banner isn't shown.
I'd like to know if it's possible for me to designate this new file location as an untrusted location or attach a PMIE zone to it in some way, so Word/Excel then show my users the Protected Mode message?
Continue reading...