Policy

Prevent indexing files in offline files cache

If enabled, files on network shares made available offline are not indexed. Otherwise they are indexed. Disabled by default.

Policy

Pack Microsoft Windows

Category Windows Components / Search

Policy ID 9c05411296bd

Internal name PreventIndexingOfflineFiles

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

If enabled, files on network shares made available offline are not indexed. Otherwise they are indexed. Disabled by default.

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