Prevent indexing public folders
- Policy ID
- PreventIndexingPublicFolders
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- Microsoft Windows Vista, or any version of Windows with Windows Search 3.01 or later
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Search
Description
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.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- PreventIndexingPublicFoldersREG_DWORD