Prevent indexing public folders
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Search
Supported on
Microsoft Windows Vista, or any version of Windows with Windows Search 3.01 or later

Supported OS tags: WindowsVista

Enable this policy to prevent indexing public folders in Microsoft Office Outlook. When this policy is disabled or not configured, the user has the option to index cached public folders in Outlook. Public folders are only indexed when using Outlook 2003 or later. The user must be running in cached mode and the Download Public Folder Favorites option must be turned on.

Internal name
PreventIndexingPublicFolders
Policy ID
cb81a9fd507d
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
PreventIndexingPublicFolders
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value name
PreventIndexingPublicFolders
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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