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

PackMicrosoft Windows

CategoryWindows Components / Search

Policy ID9c05411296bd

Internal namePreventIndexingOfflineFiles

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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