Prevent indexing public folders

Enable this policy to prevent indexing public folders in Microsoft Office Outlook. When this policy is disabled or not configured, the user has the option to index cached public folders in Outlook. Public folders are only indexed when using Outlook 2003 or later. The user must be running in cached mode and the Download Public Folder Favorites option must be turned on.

Supported on: Microsoft Windows Vista, or any version of Windows with Windows Search 3.01 or later

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value NamePreventIndexingPublicFolders
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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