Policy

Prevent indexing when running on battery power to conserve energy

Microsoft Windows

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Prevent indexing when running on battery power to conserve energy
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Search
Supported on
Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 with Windows Search version 3.01, or any version of Microsoft Windows with Windows Search 4.0 or later

Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

If enabled, the indexer pauses whenever the computer is running on battery. If disabled, the indexing follows the default behavior. Default is disabled.

Internal name
PreventIndexOnBattery
Policy ID
16033714d2e9
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
PreventIndexOnBattery
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value name
PreventIndexOnBattery
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.