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With the default setting (RefLink[InitializationCellEvaluation, paclet:ref/InitializationCellEvaluation])->(RefLink[Automatic, paclet:ref/Automatic]), a dialog box appears when the notebook is opened, asking the user to specify whether initialization cells should be evaluated.

With the setting (RefLink[InitializationCellEvaluation, paclet:ref/InitializationCellEvaluation])-> (RefLink[False, paclet:ref/False]), the initialization cells are not evaluated when the notebook is opened.

With the setting (RefLink[InitializationCellEvaluation, paclet:ref/InitializationCellEvaluation])->(RefLink[True, paclet:ref/True]), the initialization cells are evaluated without any action by the user.

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