Allow printer sharing with Windows Sandbox
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Sandbox
Supported on
At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox

Supported OS tags: Windows11

This policy setting enables or disables printer sharing from the host into the Sandbox. If you enable this policy setting, host printers will be shared into Windows Sandbox. If you disable this policy setting, Windows Sandbox will not be able to view printers from the host. If you do not configure this policy setting, printer redirection will be disabled.

Internal name
AllowPrinterRedirection
Policy ID
3e1c9e6088cb
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Sandbox
Value name
AllowPrinterRedirection
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Sandbox
Value name
AllowPrinterRedirection
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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