Policy
Add secondary intranet search locations
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP
Enabling this policy allows you to add intranet search locations in addition to the primary intranet search location defined in the Add Primary Intranet Search Location policy. The value of this text should be: name1,url1;name2,url2;...nameN,urlN For example: MySearch,http://mysearch.aspx?q=$w;MySearch2,http://mysearch2?q=$w. For each search scope, provide: 1) A name for the scope, such as 'IT Web'. 2) The URL to the search service. Use $w in place of the query term for the search service URL. If your intranet search service is SharePoint Portal Server, your query should resemble the following: http://sitename/Search.aspx?k=$w If your intranet search service is Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), the query should resemble the following, where XXXX is the locale ID of your WSS Service. For example, the English locale ID is 1033. http://sitename/_layouts/XXXX/searchresults.aspx?SearchString=$w These additional intranet search locations are added to the All Locations list in the Desktop Search results.
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.
| Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
Intranet Search Scope Url ID SecondaryIntranetSearchScopeUrl | text | HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\SecondaryIntranetSearchScopeUrl Type REG_SZ | None |
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