Policy
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.
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Search
Policy ID
9c860633e1f7Internal name
DefaultExcludedPaths_1Registry
Copy registry mappings
No explicit registry copy values were found for this policy.
Policy notes
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.
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