Turn off Windows default printer management
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Control Panel > Printers
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This preference allows you to change default printer management. If you enable this setting, Windows will not manage the default printer. If you disable this setting, Windows will manage the default printer. If you do not configure this setting, default printer management will not change.

Internal name
LegacyDefaultPrinterMode
Policy ID
389cac5866ed
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Value name
LegacyDefaultPrinterMode
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Value name
LegacyDefaultPrinterMode
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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