{"id":29063,"date":"2021-05-31T03:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T21:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/?p=29063"},"modified":"2021-05-31T03:54:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T22:24:36","slug":"how-to-prevent-users-from-modifying-windows-search-index-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/how-to-prevent-users-from-modifying-windows-search-index-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Windows Search option is used by a Windows user for searching files, settings, drivers, etc. Windows Search indexer is a process that proliferate your searching experience on your Windows PC. Microsoft has added a space for customization, where you can add or remove Windows search index locations. This means, if you want you can remove a particular drive or folder from being searched, when a user searches for something. Or, you can also add only specific locations, that the indexer will traverse during a search action. This setting can be changed very easily. But, if you want to prevent a user from changing or modifying the Windows search index, you can create a registry key by following the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways, by which you can change the modification permission of Windows Search index locations, by Local Group Policy Editor and using the Registry Editor. In this article, I will use Registry Editor. Check out how to prevent users from modifying Windows Search locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Press <strong>Windows+R<\/strong> to launch the Windows Run command box. Type <strong>regedit <\/strong>and hit the Enter button to open the Registry Editor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/regedit1.jpg\" alt=\"How To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations\" class=\"wp-image-29088\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. As the Registry Editor opens, check the left panel and navigate to the following location<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-1.jpg\" alt=\"How To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations\" class=\"wp-image-29089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-1-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Next, right click on <strong>Windows<\/strong>, go to <strong>New<\/strong> and select <strong>Key. <\/strong>Name the key <strong>Windows Search.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1087\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-2.jpg\" alt=\"How To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations\" class=\"wp-image-29090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-2.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-2-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1087px) 100vw, 1087px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Right-click on\u00a0<strong>Windows Search<\/strong>, go <strong>New<\/strong> and select <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1263\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-3.jpg\" alt=\"How To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations\" class=\"wp-image-29091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-3.jpg 1263w, https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-3-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1263px) 100vw, 1263px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Name it as\u00a0<strong>PreventModifyingIndexedLocations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. In the right panel, double click on the DWORD and set the value to <strong>1.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1193\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-4.jpg\" alt=\"How To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations\" class=\"wp-image-29092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-4.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/mywindowshub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows-search-index-4-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1193px) 100vw, 1193px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>7. That&#8217;s all. Restart the PC to see the changes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Search option is used by a Windows user for searching files, settings, drivers, etc. Windows Search indexer is a process that proliferate your searching experience on your Windows PC. Microsoft has added a space for customization, where you can add or remove Windows search index locations. This means, if you want you can remove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Prevent Users From Modifying Windows Search Index Locations?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article, I will use Registry Editor for the required change. 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