Policy
Stop indexing in the event of limited hard drive space
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP
Enabling this policy prevents indexing from continuing after less than the specified amount of hard drive space is left on the same drive as the index location. Select between 0 and 2147483647 MB. Enable this policy if computers in your environment have extremely limited hard drive space. When this policy is disabled or not configured, Windows Desktop Search automatically manages your index size.
Internal name
StopIndexingOnLimitedHardDriveSpace
Policy ID
9e2a7cc1d4bf
Elements
1
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 | MB Limit ID StopIndexingOnLimitedHardDriveSpace_MBLimit | decimal | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search Value name PreventIndexingLowDiskSpaceMB Type REG_DWORD | Range: ? to 2147483647 |
MB Limit
Registry mapping
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value name
PreventIndexingLowDiskSpaceMB
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Range: ? to 2147483647