Windows 10 GPO to prevent users from Password Protecting Excel files in O365/ Office 2019 and Office 2016

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I used the GPO : Disable password to open UI


I also manually tried this on another test client:

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Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security
Value Namedisablepasswordui
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0
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But it did not work. Users can still password protect the files. This is causing a great deal of problems, with people leaving the company, etc. Or just multiple users and one password protects an Excel spreadsheet, etc. Does anyone have a suggestion, or even a reason why the GPO doesn't work although I used the latest templates : admintemplates_x64_5140-1000_en-us



Test client is running 20H2, and the Excel is Version 2102 (Build 13801.20294 Click-to-Run)

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