Policy

Configure Redirection Guard

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryPrinters
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

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

Determines whether Redirection Guard is enabled for the print spooler. You can enable this setting to configure the Redirection Guard policy being applied to spooler. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Redirection Guard will default to being 'Enabled'. If you enable this setting you may select the following options: -- Enabled : Redirection Guard will prevent any file redirections from being followed -- Disabed : Redirection Guard will not be enabled and file redirections may be used within the spooler process -- Audit : Redirection Guard will log events as though it were enabled but will not actually prevent file redirections from being used within the spooler.

Internal name
ConfigureRedirectionGuardPolicy
Policy ID
b0322b7c443f
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Redirection Guard Options
ID RedirectionGuardPolicy_Enum
enum
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\RedirectionGuardPolicy
Type REG_DWORD
Options: Redirection Guard Disabled (0), Redirection Guard Enabled (1), Redirection Guard Audit Only (2)

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