Policy

Prevent indexing when running on battery power to conserve energy

If enabled, the indexer pauses whenever the computer is running on battery. If disabled, the indexing follows the default behavior. Default is disabled.

Policy

PackMicrosoft Windows

CategoryWindows Components / Search

Policy ID16033714d2e9

Internal namePreventIndexOnBattery

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexOnBattery (enabled) = 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\PreventIndexOnBattery (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

If enabled, the indexer pauses whenever the computer is running on battery. If disabled, the indexing follows the default behavior. Default is disabled.

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