Policy

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

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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Search
Policy ID 888a2bda3cfe
Internal name DisableRemovableDriveIndexing

Registry

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DisableRemovableDriveIndexing (enabled) = 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DisableRemovableDriveIndexing (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

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