Change color used to highlight search matches
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Outlook Options > Preferences > Search Options
Supported on
Windows7

By default, search matches are highlighted in yellow. This setting allows you to change the color used for highlighting matches in search results.

Internal name
L_HitHighlightingcolor
Policy ID
11607c509a3a
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

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ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
User
Background Color:
ID L_BackgroundColorcolon
enum
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
Value name
hithighlightingbackgroundcolor
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Black (0), Silver (12632256), Gray (8421504), White (16777215), Aqua (65535), Fuchsia (16711808), Lime (8453888), Yellow (16776960) … +8 more
Background Color:
User · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
Value name
hithighlightingbackgroundcolor
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Black (0), Silver (12632256), Gray (8421504), White (16777215), Aqua (65535), Fuchsia (16711808), Lime (8453888), Yellow (16776960) … +8 more