Policy
Prevent indexing of certain file types
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP
Enabling this policy allows you to edit the list of file types to exclude from indexing. The end user cannot modify this list. You should separate each extension type with a semicolon. Note that limitations of Group Policy Object Editor require this list to be split across multiple values. Desktop Search combines all these into a single exclusion list. When this policy is disabled or not configured, the user can edit the default list of excluded file types. If you enable and then disable this policy, the user's original list is restored. If you want to specify an initial default list of excluded file types that users can change later, see the administration guide for information about how to set up the initial machine preference.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Exclude ID ExcludedExtensionsMultiline_0 | text | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search Value name ExcludedExtensionsMultiline0 Type REG_SZ | None | |
| Computer | and ID ExcludedExtensionsMultiline_1 | text | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search Value name ExcludedExtensionsMultiline1 Type REG_SZ | None | |
| Computer | and ID ExcludedExtensionsMultiline_2 | text | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search Value name ExcludedExtensionsMultiline2 Type REG_SZ | None | |
| Computer | and ID ExcludedExtensionsMultiline_3 | text | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search Value name ExcludedExtensionsMultiline3 Type REG_SZ | None |