"Modifying index location is disabled by a policy" - huh?

I tried to change location for the index and received the
subject message. I have changed it before without any
trouble. I surely don't remember changing any policy about
this. How do I fix it?

Jason wrote:

I tried to change location for the index and received the
subject message. I have changed it before without any
trouble. I surely don't remember changing any policy about
this. How do I fix it?

All policies are registry entries. Did you use a tweaker to modify the
config of Windows?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...s-windows.html

No mention of whether you have the Home or Pro edition of Windows 10. If
you are using the Home edition which doesn't come with the policy
editor, you could do the registry edit as mentioned in the above article
(provided you are logged under a Windows account with admin-level
permissions).

Jason wrote:
I tried to change location for the index and received the
subject message. I have changed it before without any
trouble. I surely don't remember changing any policy about
this. How do I fix it?


This is as close as I can get. I don't know if
this locks down the path or not. You could try
looking for the current path in Regedit, and
modify it there if the GUI is blocked.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...s-windows.html

When I was using the policy editor last, there was
some column, which if you click the top of the
column, sorts the policies by whether they're
"configured" or not. This caused everything I've
edited to "percolate" to the top of the GUI display,
saving me from having to use the report thing to
make a list of policies.

Paul

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Jason wrote:
I tried to change location for the index and received the
subject message. I have changed it before without any
trouble. I surely don't remember changing any policy about
this. How do I fix it?


This is as close as I can get. I don't know if
this locks down the path or not. You could try
looking for the current path in Regedit, and
modify it there if the GUI is blocked.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...s-windows.html

When I was using the policy editor last, there was
some column, which if you click the top of the
column, sorts the policies by whether they're
"configured" or not. This caused everything I've
edited to "percolate" to the top of the GUI display,
saving me from having to use the report thing to
make a list of policies.

Paul

I found an answer. I have the Pro edition so ran gpedit
and by clicking on All Settings under Administrative
Templates I was able to find three settings that seem to
bear on the issue. One involved Cortana - I left that one
alone, but the other two pertained to the index location
and whether it could be altered. Changing them to Not
Configured did the trick.

Jason wrote:

I found an answer. I have the Pro edition so ran gpedit and by
clicking on All Settings under Administrative Templates I was able to
find three settings that seem to bear on the issue. One involved
Cortana - I left that one alone, but the other two pertained to the
index location and whether it could be altered. Changing them to Not
Configured did the trick.

Step 5 in the article that I cited.

Since "Not configured" is the default, you or a program you used, like a
tweaker, changed that setting assuming you're the only person which
physical access to that computer and never login to a domain which can
push policies.

Jason wrote:

I tried to change location for the index and received the
subject message.

Some of the tools that people use to "tame" Win10 (e.g O&O SU10 or
Spybot Anti-Beacon) work by applying policy settings, those can then
stop you making certain types of change ...