is an option for notebooks that specifies whether initialization cells in a notebook are automatically evaluated when the notebook is opened.


InitializationCellEvaluation
is an option for notebooks that specifies whether initialization cells in a notebook are automatically evaluated when the notebook is opened.
Details

- With the default setting InitializationCellEvaluation->Automatic, a dialog box appears when the notebook is opened, asking the user to specify whether initialization cells should be evaluated.
- With the setting InitializationCellEvaluation-> False, the initialization cells are not evaluated when the notebook is opened.
- With the setting InitializationCellEvaluation->True, the initialization cells are evaluated without any action by the user.
See Also
InitializationCell InitializationCellWarning InitializationGroup
Menu Items: Evaluate Initialization Cells
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), InitializationCellEvaluation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InitializationCellEvaluation.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "InitializationCellEvaluation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InitializationCellEvaluation.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). InitializationCellEvaluation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InitializationCellEvaluation.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_initializationcellevaluation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{InitializationCellEvaluation}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InitializationCellEvaluation.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_initializationcellevaluation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={InitializationCellEvaluation}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InitializationCellEvaluation.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}