HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR

Allow search highlights
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\EnableDynamicContentInWSB
Allow Cortana Page in OOBE on an AAD account
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowCortanaInAAD
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowCortanaInAADPathOOBE
Allow Cloud Search
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowCloudSearch
Allow search and Cortana to use location
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowSearchToUseLocation
Allow Cortana above lock screen
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowCortanaAboveLock
Allow Cortana
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowCortana
Prevent indexing of certain file types
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ExcludedExtensionsMultiline0
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ExcludedExtensionsMultiline1
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ExcludedExtensionsMultiline2
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ExcludedExtensionsMultiline3
Do not allow web search
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DisableWebSearch
Stop indexing in the event of limited hard drive space
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexingLowDiskSpaceMB
Set large or small icon view in desktop search results
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\SearchResultIconSize
Preview pane location
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreviewPaneLocation
Add secondary intranet search locations
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\SecondaryIntranetSearchScopeUrl
Add primary intranet search location
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PrimaryIntranetSearchScopeUrl
Indexer data location
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DataDirectory
Prevent indexing public folders
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexingPublicFolders
Control rich previews for attachments
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\RichAttachmentPreviews
Prevent indexing e-mail attachments
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexingEmailAttachments
Prevent indexing Microsoft Office Outlook
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexingOutlook
Enable throttling for online mail indexing
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\EnableThrottlingOnlineMailboxes
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\EnableThrottlingOnlineMailboxesValue
Enable indexing of online delegate mailboxes
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\EnableIndexingDelegateMailboxes
Enable indexing uncached Exchange folders
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexingUncachedExchangeFolders
Prevent indexing files in offline files cache
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexingOfflineFiles
Prevent the display of advanced indexing options for Windows Search in the Control Panel
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventUsingAdvancedIndexingOptions
Prevent adding user-specified locations to the All Locations menu
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\FavoriteLocations
Prevent automatically adding shared folders to the Windows Search index
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AutoIndexSharedFolders
Set the SafeSearch setting for Search
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ConnectedSearchSafeSearch
Set what information is shared in Search
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ConnectedSearchPrivacy
Don't search the web or display web results in Search over metered connections
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ConnectedSearchUseWebOverMeteredConnections
Don't search the web or display web results in Search
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\ConnectedSearchUseWeb
Do not allow locations on removable drives to be added to libraries
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DisableRemovableDriveIndexing
Always use automatic language detection when indexing content and properties
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AlwaysUseAutoLangDetection
Allow use of diacritics
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowUsingDiacritics
Prevent customization of indexed locations in Control Panel
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventModifyingIndexedLocations
Prevent indexing when running on battery power to conserve energy
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexOnBattery
Prevent clients from querying the index remotely
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventRemoteQueries
Disable indexer backoff
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DisableBackoff
Allow indexing of encrypted files
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\AllowIndexingEncryptedStoresOrItems
Prevent adding UNC locations to index from Control Panel
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\HideUNCTab