Policy

Do not allow locations on removable drives to be added to libraries

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

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ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Search
Supported onMicrosoft Windows 8.1 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows8, Windows81

This policy setting configures whether or not locations on removable drives can be added to libraries. If you enable this policy setting, locations on removable drives cannot be added to libraries. In addition, locations on removable drives cannot be indexed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, locations on removable drives can be added to libraries. In addition, locations on removable drives can be indexed.

Internal name
DisableRemovableDriveIndexing
Policy ID
888a2bda3cfe
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DisableRemovableDriveIndexingREG_DWORD
1
0

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