Policy

Prevent customization of indexed locations in Control Panel

If enabled, Search and Indexing Options in Control Panel does not allow opening the Modify Locations dialog. Otherwise it can be opened. Disabled by default.

Policy

PackMicrosoft Windows

CategoryWindows Components / Search

Policy ID73c23b1e74ad

Internal namePreventModifyingIndexedLocations_2

Registry

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HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventModifyingIndexedLocations (enabled) = 1
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventModifyingIndexedLocations (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

If enabled, Search and Indexing Options in Control Panel does not allow opening the Modify Locations dialog. Otherwise it can be opened. Disabled by default.

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