Default indexed paths
- Policy ID
- DefaultIndexedPaths_2
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Any version of Microsoft Windows with Windows Search 4.0 or later
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Search
Description
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. On a per-user basis, this policy setting will work only if a protocol handler referencing a SID-based user scope, such as MAPI, is specified. File system paths that do not reference a specific SID will not be included for indexing if these are only specified in the Group Policy under "User Configuration." To include a file system path for indexing, please specify the file system path to be indexed under the "Computer Configuration" Group Policy.
Options
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- (list values)REG_SZ