Policy

Prevent customization of indexed locations in Control Panel

Microsoft Windows

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Prevent customization of indexed locations in Control Panel
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Windows Components > Search
Supported on
Any version of Microsoft Windows with Windows Search 4.0 or later

If enabled, Search and Indexing Options in Control Panel does not allow opening the Modify Locations dialog. Otherwise it can be opened. Disabled by default.

Internal name
PreventModifyingIndexedLocations_2
Policy ID
73c23b1e74ad
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.