Policy
Prevent indexing e-mail attachments
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: WindowsVista
Enable this policy setting to prevent the indexing of the content of e-mail attachments. If enabled, indexing service components (including non-Microsoft components) are expected not to index e-mail attachments. Consider enabling this policy if you are concerned about the security or indexing performance of non-Microsoft document filters (iFilters). This policy is disabled by default.
Internal name
PreventIndexingEmailAttachments
Policy ID
4bd8edf35a58
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search Value name PreventIndexingEmailAttachments | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value name
PreventIndexingEmailAttachments
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.