

If you have any updates, feel free to let us know. This will disable Skype for Business from starting when the user logs in to the machine. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run When the machine is logged in you can verify in the following location that the ‘Lync’ key has been removed. This will happen automatically when the user logs off or the machine is restarted. Need to complete a group policy update on the machine. This can be completed by navigating back to the Group Policy Management Editor, Right Clicking the OU and select ‘ Link an existing GPO’. You will now need to apply this to the relevant OU that your machines reside in. Key Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Right click and select New Registry Item and copy the below settings – You will now need to create the entry in the right column. Navigate to Computer Configuration –> Preferences –> Windows Settings –> Registry Right click the policy you created and select ‘Edit’ For example I used JACOB_SKYPE for this policy. Right click in this section and select ‘New’ and type a name for the policy. You will need to navigate to Group Policy Management Editor, Click the Group Policy Objects section. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Please Note : Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. You can configure it via GPO after you finish deploying Office 2016. To disable automatically start Skype when user logs on to Windows.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Lync 2013 Client Auto Start Registry Key tells us that we can delete the registry key named ‘ Lync’ under As far as I know, we can’t disable Skype for business from auto-starting via the Office Customization Tool.
