Find my Files - Enhanced option with GPO?

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Find my Files - Enhanced option with GPO?

Tonito Dux 976

Hi,

is there a way to set "find my files" to enhanced with the help of a GPO?
When it is not possible to do it with GPO, than with REGEDIT?

Cheers!

Anonymous

2021-06-16T01:45:48.477+00:00

Hi @Tonito Dux ,

Hope you are going well.

May I know whether there is any further assistance needed? If the provided information is helpful, we would appreciate you would accept it as answer.

Thanks and feel free to let us know if there is any other question or concern.

Best regards,
Hannah Xiong
Anonymous

2021-06-18T01:17:40.387+00:00

Hi @Tonito Dux ,

Hope you are doing well.

I am checking how the issue is going, if you still have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you so much for your time and support.

Best regards,
Hannah Xiong

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Anonymous

2021-06-16T01:45:48.477+00:00

Hi @Tonito Dux ,

Hope you are going well.

May I know whether there is any further assistance needed? If the provided information is helpful, we would appreciate you would accept it as answer.

Thanks and feel free to let us know if there is any other question or concern.

Best regards,
Hannah Xiong
Anonymous

2021-06-18T01:17:40.387+00:00

Hi @Tonito Dux ,

Hope you are doing well.

I am checking how the issue is going, if you still have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you so much for your time and support.

Best regards,
Hannah Xiong

Answer 1

Leon Laude 86,031

Hi @Tonito Dux ,

The Windows Registry key for the Find My Files options is called EnableFindMyFiles, and is located over here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\Gather\Windows\SystemIndex

I couldn't find any existing GPO for changing this, but you can definitely create your own GPO that modifies the registry value for this registry key.

For more information see:
How to Turn On or Off Enhanced Mode for Search Indexer in Windows 10

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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Best regards,
Leon

Tonito Dux 976 Reputation points

2021-06-14T13:33:46.07+00:00

Hi LeonLaude,

I have tried it on my test machine, but it works only after you change the administrator rights for the "SystemIndex" key to full control. Otherwise, it will not apply automatically. How to get around this?

Cheers!
Leon Laude 86,031 Reputation points

2021-06-14T14:28:37.567+00:00

Looks indeed like you'll have to modify the permissions first, otherwise I don't see any easy way of doing this.

Answer 2

Anonymous

Hi @Tonito Dux ,

Thank you so much for posting here.

As Leno provided, we could modify the registry value to enable the Enhanced mode. Have we tried to modify the registry value?

If the suggestion provided is helpful, we would appreciate it that you would accept as answer. Or for any other assistance, please feel free to ask here.

Thanks again and looking forward to your feedback.

Best regards,
Hannah Xiong

Tonito Dux 976 Reputation points

2021-06-14T05:44:03.867+00:00

Hi,

give me some time to implement this, it was the end of the week. I use this time to relax.

Cheers
Anonymous

2021-06-14T05:52:41.283+00:00

Hi @Tonito Dux ,

Thank you so much for your feedback.

Sure, please take your time. Kindly keep us posted for any update.

Thanks, and have a wonderful day.

Best regards,
Hannah Xiong
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