Policy selection for ADMX packs

Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer

CategoryPrinters

Supported onAt least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

If you enable this policy setting, it sets the maximum number of printers (of each type) that the Add Printer wizard will display on a computer on a managed network (when the computer is able to reach a domain controller, e.g. a domain-joined laptop on a corporate network.) If this policy setting is disabled, the network scan page will not be displayed. If this policy setting is not configured, the Add Printer wizard will display the default number of printers of each type: Directory printers: 20 TCP/IP printers: 0 Web Services printers: 0 Bluetooth printers: 10 Shared printers: 0 In order to view available Web Services printers on your network, ensure that network discovery is turned on. To turn on network discovery, click "Start", click "Control Panel", and then click "Network and Internet". On the "Network and Internet" page, click "Network and Sharing Center". On the Network and Sharing Center page, click "Change advanced sharing settings". On the Advanced sharing settings page, click the arrow next to "Domain" arrow, click "turn on network discovery", and then click "Save changes". If you would like to not display printers of a certain type, enable this policy and set the number of printers to display to 0. In Windows 10 and later, only TCP/IP printers can be shown in the wizard. If you enable this policy setting, only TCP/IP printer limits are applicable. On Windows 10 only, if you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default limit is applied. In Windows 8 and later, Bluetooth printers are not shown so its limit does not apply to those versions of Windows.

Internal name

DomainPrinters

Policy ID

ef466fe295eb

Elements

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry location	Type	Enabled value	Disabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\DomainDisplayPrinters_State	REG_DWORD	2	1

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

Element	Type	Registry mapping	Constraints & behavior
Number of directory printers ID ADprinters	decimal	HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\DomainADprinters Type REG_DWORD	Range: ? to 1000
Number of TCP/IP printers ID IPprinters	decimal	HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\DomainIPprinters Type REG_DWORD	Range: ? to 1000
Number of Web Services Printers ID WSDprinters	decimal	HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\DomainWSDprinters Type REG_DWORD	Range: ? to 1000
Number of Bluetooth printers ID Bluetoothprinters	decimal	HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\DomainBluetoothprinters Type REG_DWORD	Range: ? to 1000
Number of shared printers ID Shareprinters	decimal	HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\DomainShareprinters Type REG_DWORD	Range: ? to 1000

Other policies in this category

Explore related policies at the same level.

View all policies in this category