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Group Policy made searchable

A free ADMX browser or comparison tool for IT administrators.Search policies, find registry keys, and see exactly what each setting writes to the Windows Registry. Or compare two GPO backups to see exactly what has changed between them.

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Open last file on startup

Upon starting Project, automatically opens the last used project file.

If you enable this setting, the last file that the user had open automatically re-opens when they start Project.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

Registry Information

VendorMicrosoft
ProductMicrosoft Project 2016
CategoryMicrosoft Project 2016 › Project Options › General › General options for Microsoft Project
Applies toUser Configuration
Supported onWindows7
Registry Key[HKCU]softwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0ms projectoptionsgeneral
Value Namestart with last file
TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled value1
Disabled value0

Registry File (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Enable the policy
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0ms projectoptionsgeneral]
"start with last file"=dword:00000001

; Disable the policy
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0ms projectoptionsgeneral]
"start with last file"=dword:00000000

PowerShell

# Enable the policy
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:softwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0ms projectoptionsgeneral" -Name "start with last file" -Value 1 -Type DWord

# Disable the policy
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:softwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0ms projectoptionsgeneral" -Name "start with last file" -Value 0 -Type DWord