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Use Unicode format when dragging e-mail message to file system

This policy setting controls whether e-mail messages dragged from Outlook to the file system are saved in Unicode or ANSI format.

If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, when users drag an e-mail message from Outlook to the file system, Outlook uses the Unicode character encoding standard to create the message file, which preserves special characters in the message.

If you disable this policy setting, when users drag an e-mail message from Outlook to the file system, the message file created is in ANSI format.

Registry Information

VendorMicrosoft
ProductMicrosoft Outlook 2016
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 › Outlook Options › Other › Advanced
Applies toUser Configuration
Supported onWindows7
Registry Key[HKCU]softwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0outlookoptionsgeneral
Value Namemsgformat
TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled value1
Disabled value0

Registry File (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Enable the policy
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0outlookoptionsgeneral]
"msgformat"=dword:00000001

; Disable the policy
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0outlookoptionsgeneral]
"msgformat"=dword:00000000

PowerShell

# Enable the policy
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:softwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0outlookoptionsgeneral" -Name "msgformat" -Value 1 -Type DWord

# Disable the policy
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:softwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0outlookoptionsgeneral" -Name "msgformat" -Value 0 -Type DWord