Settings Page Visibility

[TheRobins]

Hi all,

 

I wonder what others are using for their Settings Page Visibilty settings, mainly for staff as students I want locked down as much as possible.

 

So far I am using the following.

 

showonly:bluetooth;printers;network-status;wifi;ethernet;network-vpn;defaultapps;appsfeatures;display;sound;network-status;wifi;ethernet

 

Seems a little bare in there. I have also locked down control panel with the following.

 

Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters
Microsoft.Fonts
Microsoft.Mouse
Microsoft.Keyboard
Microsoft.Sound
Microsoft.System
Microsoft.DefaultPrograms
microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel

 

I have noticed in control panel I am struggling to find the right microsoft. setting to allow access to outlook / email account settings, Especially for admin staff.

 

If anyone has some suggestions or things I have missed please fire away!

[DavR]

Our policy has the entry;

 

Quote

Mail (Microsoft Outlook)

 

In the Control Panel allow list, which allows us to manage mail profiles etc in classic Outlook (currently on LTSC 2024 here).

 

[TheRobins]

Thanks, I did have the setting before but culled our win 10 policies and didnt take a copy

 

Using Office 365 apps but from what I have seen it just uses Office16 policies as its base anyway.

 

[psydii]

but why though?

[itskdog]

18 hours ago, TheRobins said:

Thanks, I did have the setting before but culled our win 10 policies and didnt take a copy

 

Using Office 365 apps but from what I have seen it just uses Office16 policies as its base anyway.

 

Installed Outlook Classic the other day to work with PSTs, and I opened it as soon as it finished installing - said "Welcome to Outlook 2016" in the wizard, clearly M365 Apps are just Office 2016 with a coat of paint now.

[Blitzoola]

On 16/09/2026 at 10:16, itskdog said:

Installed Outlook Classic the other day to work with PSTs, and I opened it as soon as it finished installing - said "Welcome to Outlook 2016" in the wizard, clearly M365 Apps are just Office 2016 with a coat of paint now.

Can confirm this is the case, all office apps now use Office16 as a baseline. 

 

 

On 15/09/2026 at 14:47, TheRobins said:

Hi all,

 

I wonder what others are using for their Settings Page Visibilty settings, mainly for staff as students I want locked down as much as possible.

 

So far I am using the following.

 

showonly:bluetooth;printers;network-status;wifi;ethernet;network-vpn;defaultapps;appsfeatures;display;sound;network-status;wifi;ethernet

 

Seems a little bare in there. I have also locked down control panel with the following.

 

Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters
Microsoft.Fonts
Microsoft.Mouse
Microsoft.Keyboard
Microsoft.Sound
Microsoft.System
Microsoft.DefaultPrograms
microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel

 

I have noticed in control panel I am struggling to find the right microsoft. setting to allow access to outlook / email account settings, Especially for admin staff.

 

If anyone has some suggestions or things I have missed please fire away!

Privacy is a good one to keep for those applications that use external devices (looking at you MS Teams), Windows Updates if you don't operate a WSUS or scripted / policy-based updates, Network and Internet can also be useful if you operate proxy servers / multiple VLANs without much risk.

 

If I recall correctly though, anything that is hidden with this policy can still be accessed via its Control Panel Link, i.e. installed apps can be accessed via appwiz.cpl