Policy

Prevent the display of advanced indexing options for Windows Search in the Control Panel

This policy setting hides or displays the Advanced Options dialog for Search and Indexing Options in the Control Panel. If you enable this policy setting, the Advanced Options dialog for Search and Indexing Options in the Control Panel cannot be opened. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can acess the Advanced Options dialog for Search and Indexing Options in the Control Panel. This is the default for this policy setting.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Search
Policy ID 848ed60b3fea
Internal name PreventUsingAdvancedIndexingOptions

Registry

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

Policy notes

This policy setting hides or displays the Advanced Options dialog for Search and Indexing Options in the Control Panel. If you enable this policy setting, the Advanced Options dialog for Search and Indexing Options in the Control Panel cannot be opened. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can acess the Advanced Options dialog for Search and Indexing Options in the Control Panel. This is the default for this policy setting.

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