Wait to show users a cloud-based presentation until all content is downloaded

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_DisableIncrementalDownload

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

5568.1000

What it does

This policy setting allows you to control whether PowerPoint waits until all content is downloaded before showing a presentation to the user. This policy setting applies to presentations that are opened from a cloud-based location, such as OneDrive Personal, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online. By default, when the user opens a cloud-based presentation in PowerPoint, the user can view the presentation while other content, such as images or video, continues to download. But, some functionality, such as editing and presenting, is limited or not available until the entire contents of the presentation are downloaded. If you enable this policy setting, PowerPoint will wait, when opening a cloud-based presentation, until the entire contents of the presentation are downloaded before showing the presentation to the user. You may want to enable this policy setting if you have add-ins or automated processes that rely on the entire contents of the presentation being available and fully editable as soon as the presentation is shown. If you disable or don't configure this setting, PowerPoint opens cloud-based files more quickly, so the user can start viewing the presentation while the other content downloads. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint
Value name: disableincrementaldownload
When enabled: DWORD 1
When disabled: DWORD 0

Why it needs changes for Intune

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

Configure and deploy

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

Enabled · User · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint]
"disableincrementaldownload"=dword:00000001

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: Wait to show users a cloud-based presentation until all content is downloaded
# Name: L_DisableIncrementalDownload
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: ppt16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint' -Name 'disableincrementaldownload' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

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.

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_ppt16/L_DisableIncrementalDownload

ADMX SyncML candidate

<SyncML xmlns="SYNCML:SYNCML1.2">
  <SyncBody>
    <Replace>
      <CmdID>1</CmdID>
      <Item>
        <Meta>
          <Format>chr</Format>
          <Type>text/plain</Type>
        </Meta>
        <Target>
          <LocURI>./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_ppt16/L_DisableIncrementalDownload</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;</Data>
      </Item>
    </Replace>
    <Final/>
  </SyncBody>
</SyncML>

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: Wait to show users a cloud-based presentation until all content is downloaded
# Name: L_DisableIncrementalDownload
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: ppt16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint' -Name 'disableincrementaldownload' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\disableincrementaldownload') | 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: Wait to show users a cloud-based presentation until all content is downloaded
# Name: L_DisableIncrementalDownload
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: ppt16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint' -Name 'disableincrementaldownload' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

History 1 retained release

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

Template

Internal name: L_DisableIncrementalDownload
Namespace: ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file: ppt16.admx
Release: Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_DisableIncrementalDownload)" explainText="$(string.L_DisableIncrementalDownloadExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint" name="L_DisableIncrementalDownload" valueName="disableincrementaldownload" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OptionsGeneral" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <enabledValue>
        <decimal value="1" />
      </enabledValue>
      <disabledValue>
        <decimal value="0" />
      </disabledValue>
    </policy>

Editor controls

Supported platforms and category

ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_OptionsGeneral
<category displayName="$(string.L_OptionsGeneral)" name="L_OptionsGeneral" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PowerPointOptions" />
    </category>
ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PowerPointOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_PowerPointOptions)" name="L_PowerPointOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint" />
    </category>
ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint">Microsoft PowerPoint 2016</string></strings>
ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_OptionsGeneral
<category displayName="$(string.L_OptionsGeneral)" name="L_OptionsGeneral" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PowerPointOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OptionsGeneral">General</string></strings>
ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PowerPointOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_PowerPointOptions)" name="L_PowerPointOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="ppt16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PowerPointOptions">PowerPoint Options</string></strings>