Hi there,

On an RDS 2012 server, I have enabled the Search service as otherwise a mini setup runs for every user every time they launch Outlook (known issue).

This is fine but I've noticed that the user in Outlook can click File -> Options -> Search - > Indexing Options and choose to index the entire C drive (they can browse all folders on the C drive).

This is despite group policy being set to hide and prevent access to C:\ for these users.

Is there anyway way to make the C drive not show up when the users edit the Indexing Options or indeed to prevent access to the indexing options withing Outlook for normal users?

Thanks.

Hi,

Which Group Policy did you refer to by "This is despite group policy being set to hide and prevent access to C:\ for these users"?

Outlook and Windows use the same Indexing Options, once we click FILE -> Options -> Search -> Indexing Options, we can also click "Modify" button to modify the Indexed Locations, this is not controlled in Outlook. Open the Indexing Options from Control Panel, we should get the same option to change the Indexed Locations.

Regards,

Thanks for replying,

I set the two policies (under File Explorer) to 'Hide access to these drives' and 'Prevent access to these drives' and set both for A, B, C and D. Yet I can still browse the local drives via the indexing options.

Is there a policy/reg entry to disable the 'Indexing Options' button in Outlook so the users can't change from the defaults?

Thanks again.