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FAQ: Indexing Uncached Exchange mailboxes

November 2, 2006 at 4:58 pm
Desktop Search, WDS FAQ, Windows Vista

WDS 3.0 and Windows Vista can index uncached Exchange mailboxes, but this functionality is disabled by default.  It needs to be enabled via group policy.

If you’re not in a group-policy managed environment (or your administrator does not set this setting), you can enable it by creating a DWORD registry key in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
called “PreventIndexingUncachedExchangeFolders” and setting it to a value of 0.





7 Responses to “FAQ: Indexing Uncached Exchange mailboxes”

  1. Jason Benway Says:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 12:28 pm

    Is there a new adm that includes settings for WDS V3?
    thanks,jb

  2. OPML Says:
    November 12th, 2006 at 8:08 am

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  3. cannedsoda Says:
    November 14th, 2006 at 7:12 pm

    Uh, I’m sure your Exchange Admins wouldn’t want this enabled. At least I wouldn’t…

  4. Brandon Paddock Says:
    November 14th, 2006 at 7:17 pm

    If the Exchange Admin enforces this via Group Policy - the user will not be able to enable indexing of uncached servers, regardless of this setting.

  5. .NET Developer BS Blogs Says:
    November 17th, 2006 at 1:52 am

    Okay, ich gebe es zu…die Windows Desktop Search v3.0 ist gut!…

    Nachdem mir Kay (noch mal Danke!) ein Kommentar auf meinen letzten Eintrag zu diesem Thema gegeben hat,…

  6. Gary jones Says:
    January 10th, 2008 at 9:13 am

    This did not work for me. I added the registry, rebooted
    and still just see the pst files.

    I am using Vista and Outlook 2007 in online mode.
    I then installed Office Sp1 but it still only shows pst files.

    Does this work with outlook 2007? Any suggestions?
    Thanks.

  7. TimJing Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 7:48 am

    Which registry key to add to allow all users to default to search a network drive. Like a M: drive if GP is not being used.

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