Policy

Preview pane location

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Search
Supported onMicrosoft Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 with Windows Search version 3.01 or later

Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

Enabling this policy allows you to set the location of the preview pane in the Desktop Search results. You can also turn off the preview pane. The four options are: - Auto - Right - Bottom - Off You should consider enabling this policy to turn off the preview pane if your environment does not support Office XP or later. The full preview pane functionality is only available for Office documents in Office XP or later. When this policy is disabled or not configured, the preview pane shows automatically to the right of the Desktop Search results, and your users can choose the location of the preview pane

Internal name
PreviewPaneLocation
Policy ID
5df7d85b05cc
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.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Preview Pane Location
ID PreviewPaneLocation
enum
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreviewPaneLocation
Type REG_DWORD
Options: Auto (0), Right (1), Bottom (2), Off (3)

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