Policy

Do not allow locations on removable drives to be added to libraries

Microsoft Windows

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Do not allow locations on removable drives to be added to libraries
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Search
Supported on
Microsoft Windows 8.1 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows8, Windows81

This policy setting configures whether or not locations on removable drives can be added to libraries. If you enable this policy setting, locations on removable drives cannot be added to libraries. In addition, locations on removable drives cannot be indexed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, locations on removable drives can be added to libraries. In addition, locations on removable drives can be indexed.

Internal name
DisableRemovableDriveIndexing
Policy ID
888a2bda3cfe
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value name
DisableRemovableDriveIndexing
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value name
DisableRemovableDriveIndexing
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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