Save Microsoft Project files as

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_PjFileType

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

5568.1000

What it does

Specifies the default file format that should be applied when any Project file is saved. If you enable this setting, project files will be saved with the format you specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\save

Why it needs changes for Intune

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

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Save Microsoft Project files asDefault: Project (*.mpp)	Drop-down list	`defaultsaveformat`	Project (.mpp)`MSProject.MPP.12` Template (.mpt)`MSProject.MPT.12` Project 2000-2003 (*.mpp)`MSProject.MPP.9`

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; 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\ms project\options\save]
"defaultsaveformat"="MSProject.MPP.12"

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: Save Microsoft Project files as
# Name: L_PjFileType
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\save' -Name 'defaultsaveformat' -PropertyType 'String' -Value 'MSProject.MPP.12'

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_proj16/L_PjFileType

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_proj16/L_PjFileType</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;
&lt;data id="L_pjfiletype30" value="MSProject.MPP.12"/&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: Save Microsoft Project files as
# Name: L_PjFileType
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\save' -Name 'defaultsaveformat' -Kind 'String' -Expected 'MSProject.MPP.12'
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\save\defaultsaveformat') | 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: Save Microsoft Project files as
# Name: L_PjFileType
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\save' -Name 'defaultsaveformat' -PropertyType 'String' -Value 'MSProject.MPP.12'

History 1 retained release

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

Template

Internal name: L_PjFileType
Namespace: proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file: proj16.admx
Release: Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_PjFileType)" explainText="$(string.L_PjFileTypeExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\save" name="L_PjFileType" presentation="$(presentation.L_PjFileType)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjSave" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <elements>
        <enum id="L_pjfiletype30" valueName="defaultsaveformat">
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjType0)">
            <value>
              <string>MSProject.MPP.12</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjType1)">
            <value>
              <string>MSProject.MPT.12</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjType2)">
            <value>
              <string>MSProject.MPP.9</string>
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="L_PjFileType" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <dropdownList defaultItem="0" noSort="true" refId="L_pjfiletype30">Save Microsoft Project files as</dropdownList>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjSave
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjSave)" name="L_PjSave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions" />
    </category>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proj
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proj)" name="L_Proj" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ProjectOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ProjectOptions)" name="L_ProjectOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj" />
    </category>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjSave
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjSave)" name="L_PjSave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjSave">Save</string></strings>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proj
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proj)" name="L_Proj" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj">Microsoft Project 2016</string></strings>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ProjectOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ProjectOptions)" name="L_ProjectOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions">Project Options</string></strings>