Group Policy Object GPO to fix Outlook HomePage Folders not working

If done properly, it will only install the key if it detects that version of office is installed.

Create a new Group Policy Object to set our Registry Keys

“Outlook Home Page Policy”

• Expand User > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry
• Right click: New > Registry Item

General Tab

• Action:     Update (will create or update if it exists)
• Hive:     HKEY_CURRENT_USER
• Key Path:    Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security
• Value name:    EnableRoamingFolderHomepages
• Value type:    REG_DWORD
• Value data    1
  
  
• Click on Common Tab

Common Tab

• Check [x] Item-level targeting
• Click [Targeting…] button

Targeting Editor

• Menu New Item > Registry Match
  

• Match type:     Key exists
• Hive    HKEY_CURRENT_USER
• Key Path    Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook
• Note: We drop “\Security” from the end of the path ^
  
  
• Click [OK] to close the Targeting Editor
• Click [OK] to close the Registry Property Page for our first Key.

Repeat for each Office version (15.0 and 14.0)

Save the GPO, Validate Settings

• Finally link it to the GPO tree that hold your Client Computers and test.

Test and Validate:

• Check a computer who hasn’t had the GPO applied yet:

• Force the GPO to apply by opening a command prompt (maybe administrative command prompt) and run

gpupdate /force

• Refresh the registry editor, you should see the new Registry Key applied for only the version of office that you have installed.

Now just sip back and enjoy your coffee.