Tag: Computer Configuration
Stop indexing in the event of limited hard drive space
Enabling this policy prevents indexing from continuing after less than the specified amount of hard drive space is left on the same drive as the index location. Select between 0 and 2147483647 MB. Enable this policy if computers in your environment have extremely limited hard drive space. When this policy is disabled or not configured Windows Desktop Search automatically manages your index size.
Prevent unwanted iFilters and protocol handlers
Enabling this policy prevents Windows Desktop Search from using iFilters and protocol handlers unless they are specified in the allow list. However This policy will not prevent iFilters or protocol handlers from being installed nor will it prevent them from being used by other applications or services. You can also specify an allow list of add-ins by providing the classID or ProgId string. For example if you plan to deploy a particular iFilter make sure that this iFilter is on the allow list either as a GUID such as {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} (include the braces) or a ProgID such as VisFilter. CFilter. 1. If you maintain a locked desktop environment this setting is redundant because non-administrative users do not have permission to install new components. If your users have Administrator permissions or can install software this policy prevents them from specifically using Windows Desktop Search-related add-ins. Note: Because of a limitation in the Group Policy editor you must add at least one entry in the allow list even if you want to enable this policy without an allow list. Create a list entry by putting a space in the name field and a space in the value field and then save it. This will create a placeholder entry that is ignored by the program.
Do not allow web search
Enabling this policy removes the option of searching the Web from Windows Desktop Search. When this policy is disabled or not configured the Web option is available and users can search the Web via their default browser search engine.
Prevent indexing certain paths
If you enable this policy setting you specify a list of paths to exclude from indexing. The user cannot enter any path that starts with one of the paths you specified. If you enable and then disable this policy setting users can index any path not restricted by other policies but their original list of paths to index is not restored.
Default indexed paths
Enabling this policy allows you to specify a list of paths to index by default. The user may override these paths and exclude them from indexing.
Default excluded paths
Enabling this policy allows you to specify a list of paths to exclude from indexing by default. The user may override these paths and include them in indexing.
Prevent adding user-specified locations to the All Locations menu
This policy setting allows you to enable or disable the Add/Remove location options on the All Locations menu as well as any defined locations that were made by a user. When this policy is not configured the default behavior is to allow users to add and remove new locations to the locations menu. When the policy is enabled the Add and Remove locations options and any previously defined user locations will not be visible. When the policy is disabled both the Add and Remove locations options as well as any previously specified user locations will be visible.
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.
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.
Enable indexing uncached Exchange folders
Enabling this policy allows indexing of mail items on a Microsoft Exchange server when Microsoft Outlook is not running in cached mode. The default behavior for search is to not index uncached Exchange folders. Disabling this policy will block any indexing of uncached Exchange folders. Delegate mailboxes are managed separately from online mailboxes. The “Enable Indexing of Uncached Exchange Folders” has no effect on delegate mailboxes. To stop indexing of online and delegate mailboxes you must disable both policies.