[PS] Enabling and disabling "Default Indexed Paths" and "Default Excluded Paths" policies
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Using PowerShell, how do I enable and disable, for all users, the "Default Indexed Paths" and "Default Excluded Paths" policies of Group Policy for Windows Search in Windows 7?
THANKS
BYE
Using PowerShell, how do I enable and disable, for all users, the "Default Indexed Paths" and "Default Excluded Paths" policies of Group Policy for Windows Search in Windows 7?
THANKS
BYE
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
13 years ago
Since GP settings are recorded in the registry, you should be able to locate a script which will set registry values and edit the keys and values accordingly.
Posted by:
balubeto
13 years ago
ORIGINAL: VBScab
Since GP settings are recorded in the registry, you should be able to locate a script which will set registry values and edit the keys and values accordingly.
I tried this script:
md "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultIndexedPaths" -Force
cd "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultIndexedPaths"
New-ItemProperty . -Name 'file:///Included-directory' -Value 'file:///Included-directory'
md "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultExcludedPaths"
cd "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultExcludedPaths"
New-ItemProperty . -Name 'file:///Excluded-directory' -Value 'file:///Excluded-directory'
but does not work because the "Default Indexed Paths" and "Default Excluded Paths" policies are always "not configured". Why?
THANKS
BYE
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
13 years ago
I'd love to help you but my PowerShell skills are pretty rudimentary at the moment. Perhaps you could pose your question on the Microsoft Scripting Guy forum...?
Posted by:
balubeto
13 years ago
Reading [url=http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/60fdd642-6c2c-493b-887f-6213ca01cfd5]this thread[/url], I assume that the script, reaching my goal, is:
Right?
THANKS
BYE
md "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\CurrentPolicies\DefaultIndexedPaths" -Force
cd "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\CurrentPolicies\DefaultIndexedPaths"
New-ItemProperty . -Name 'file:///<indexing_directory>' -Value 'file:///<indexing_directory>'
md "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultIndexedPaths" -Force
cd "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultIndexedPaths"
New-ItemProperty . -Name 'file:///<indexing_directory>' -Value 'file:///<indexing_directory>'
md "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\CurrentPolicies\DefaultExcludedPaths"
cd "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\CurrentPolicies\DefaultExcludedPaths"
New-ItemProperty . -Name 'file:///<not_indexing_directory>' -Value 'file:///<not_indexing_directory>'
md "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultExcludedPaths"
cd "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\DefaultExcludedPaths"
New-ItemProperty . -Name 'file:///<not_indexing_directory>' -Value 'file:///<not_indexing_directory>'
Right?
THANKS
BYE
Posted by:
balubeto
13 years ago
ORIGINAL: VBScab
Surely the best method for that is to use Group Policy?!? :)
Unfortunately, I have often activate and deactivate these policies on many non-networked computers. So, I decided to create two scripts that respectively enable and disable these two policies. So, anyone have any ideas on how to create these two scripts?
THANKS
BYE
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