Policy

Directory pruning interval

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryPrinters
Supported onAt least Windows 2000

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows2000, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

Specifies how often the pruning service on a domain controller contacts computers to verify that their printers are operational. The pruning service periodically contacts computers that have published printers. If a computer does not respond to the contact message (optionally, after repeated attempts), the pruning service "prunes" (deletes from Active Directory) printer objects the computer has published. By default, the pruning service contacts computers every eight hours and allows two repeated contact attempts before deleting printers from Active Directory. If you enable this setting, you can change the interval between contact attempts. If you do not configure or disable this setting the default values will be used. Note: This setting is used only on domain controllers.

Internal name
PruningInterval
Policy ID
31dcfa24baa4
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
Interval:
ID PruningIntervalTitle
enum
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PruningInterval
Type REG_DWORD
Options: Continuous (0), 10 Minutes (10), 30 Minutes (30), 1 Hour (60), 4 Hours (240), 8 Hours (480), 12 Hours (720), 1 Day (1440) … +13 more

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