Default or specific encoding

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_Defaultorspecificencoding

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

5568.1000

What it does

When enabled, either default encoding or a specified encoding will be used.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet

Why it needs changes for Intune

Policy references a Windows supportedOn definition.
ADMX-INTUNE-WINDOWS-SUPPORTEDON-REFERENCE

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Always save Web pages in the default encoding.	Checkbox	`alwayssaveindefaultencoding`	On (1) or off (0)
Save this document asDefault: Western Alphabet (Windows)	Drop-down list	`encoding`	Arabic Alphabet (Windows)`1256` Baltic Alphabet (ISO)`28594` Baltic Alphabet (Windows)`1257` Central European (DOS)`852` Central European Alphabet (ISO)`28592` Central European Alphabet (Windows)`1250` Chinese Simplified (GB2312)`936` Chinese Simplified (HZ)`52936` Chinese Traditional (Big 5)`950` Cyrillic Alphabet (DOS)`866` Cyrillic Alphabet (ISO)`28595` Cyrillic Alphabet (KOI8-R)`20866` Cyrillic Alphabet (Windows)`1251` Greek Alphabet (ISO)`28597` Greek Alphabet (Windows)`1253` Hebrew Alphabet (Windows)`1255` Japanese (EUC)`51932` Japanese (JIS)`50220` Japanese (JIS-Allow 1 byte Kana - SO/SI)`50222` Japanese (JIS-Allow 1 byte Kana)`50221` Japanese (Shift-JIS)`932` Korean`949` Latin 3 Alphabet (ISO)`28593` Thai (Windows)`874` Turkish Alphabet`1254` Ukrainian Alphabet (KOI8-RU)`21866` Universal Alphabet`1200` Universal Alphabet (Big-Endian)`1201` Universal Alphabet (UTF-8)`65001` Vietnamese Alphabet (Windows)`1258` Visual Hebrew (ISO)`28598` Western Alphabet (Windows)`1252`

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

State Enabled Disabled Not configured

Options used when Enabled

Always save Web pages in the default encoding.

Save this document as

Enabled · User · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet]
"alwayssaveindefaultencoding"=dword:00000001
"encoding"=dword:000004E4

PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Default or specific encoding
# Name: L_Defaultorspecificencoding
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: office16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet' -Name 'alwayssaveindefaultencoding' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet' -Name 'encoding' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1252

The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.
The generated payload is incomplete because one or more ADMX element values were not supplied: L_AlwayssaveWebpagesinthedefaultencoding

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_office16/L_Defaultorspecificencoding

Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Default or specific encoding
# Name: L_Defaultorspecificencoding
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: office16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet' -Name 'alwayssaveindefaultencoding' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet\alwayssaveindefaultencoding') | Out-Null
}

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet' -Name 'encoding' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1252
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet\encoding') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Default or specific encoding
# Name: L_Defaultorspecificencoding
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: office16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet' -Name 'alwayssaveindefaultencoding' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet' -Name 'encoding' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1252

History 1 retained release

5568.100010 Aug 2026
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

Template

Internal name: L_Defaultorspecificencoding
Namespace: office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file: office16.admx
Release: Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_Defaultorspecificencoding)" explainText="$(string.L_DefaultorspecificencodingExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet" name="L_Defaultorspecificencoding" presentation="$(presentation.L_Defaultorspecificencoding)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Encoding" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <elements>
        <boolean id="L_AlwayssaveWebpagesinthedefaultencoding" valueName="alwayssaveindefaultencoding">
          <trueValue>
            <decimal value="1" />
          </trueValue>
          <falseValue>
            <decimal value="0" />
          </falseValue>
        </boolean>
        <enum id="L_Savethisdocumentas" valueName="encoding">
          <item displayName="$(string.L_ArabicAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1256" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_BalticAlphabetISO)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="28594" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_BalticAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1257" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_CentralEuropeanDOS)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="852" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_CentralEuropeanAlphabetISO)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="28592" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_CentralEuropeanAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1250" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_ChineseSimplifiedGB2312)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="936" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_ChineseSimplifiedHZ)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="52936" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_ChineseTraditionalBig5)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="950" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_CyrillicAlphabetDOS)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="866" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_CyrillicAlphabetISO)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="28595" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_CyrillicAlphabetKOI8R)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="20866" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_CyrillicAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1251" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_GreekAlphabetISO)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="28597" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_GreekAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1253" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_HebrewAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1255" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_JapaneseEUC)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="51932" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_JapaneseJIS)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="50220" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_JapaneseJISAllow1byteKanaSOSI)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="50222" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_JapaneseJISAllow1byteKana)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="50221" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_JapaneseShiftJIS)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="932" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Korean)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="949" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Latin3AlphabetISO)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="28593" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_ThaiWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="874" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_TurkishAlphabet)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1254" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_UkrainianAlphabetKOI8RU)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="21866" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_UniversalAlphabet)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1200" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_UniversalAlphabetBigEndian)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1201" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_UniversalAlphabetUTF8)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="65001" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_VietnameseAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1258" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_VisualHebrewISO)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="28598" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_WesternAlphabetWindows)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1252" />
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="L_Defaultorspecificencoding" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <checkBox refId="L_AlwayssaveWebpagesinthedefaultencoding">Always save Web pages in the default encoding.</checkBox>
        <text>
        </text>
        <dropdownList defaultItem="31" noSort="true" refId="L_Savethisdocumentas">Save this document as</dropdownList>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Encoding
<category displayName="$(string.L_Encoding)" name="L_Encoding" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions" />
    </category>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions)" name="L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" />
    </category>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Encoding
<category displayName="$(string.L_Encoding)" name="L_Encoding" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Encoding">Encoding</string></strings>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem">Microsoft Office 2016</string></strings>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions)" name="L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ToolsOptionsGeneralWebOptions">Tools | Options | General | Web Options...</string></strings>