Hello,

I am trying to find the Administrative Template setting to disable hyperlinks in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010.

I know that Outlook 2013 has the following setting in the template:

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Outlook 2013\Outlook Options "Internet and network paths into hyperlinks" in the right pane to configure.

But, I do not see User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Outlook 2010\Outlook Options "Internet and network paths into hyperlinks" in the Outlook 2010 Administrative Template. I even just downloaded a new copy yesterday. I don't see it in the accompanying Office2010GroupPolicyAndOCTSettings_Reference spreadsheet either.

Is there some kind of prerequisite for it to appear in the template?

thanks,

Anita

Hi Anita,

Based on your description, first of all I suggest you refer to the article and download Office 2010 Administrative Template files again, so you can find the GPO setting:

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Outlook 2010\Outlook Options

Double click "Internet and network paths into hyperlinks" on the right pane and change the setting to Disabled.

If your issue still exists, you can try to change the setting via modifying registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\14.0\outlook\options\autoformat

DWORD: pgrfafo_25_1

Value: 1 to enable; 0 to disable

Please note, both method only configure Outlook to turn on/off the "Internet and network path into hyperlinks" setting, users can manually change the setting back then.

Important Follow the steps in this section carefully. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before you modify it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur.

Please refer to this article about how to back up and restore the registry in Windows:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/322756?wa=wsignin1.0

Hope it's helpful.

Regards,

Emi Zhang
TechNet Community Su