Automatically publish new printers in Active Directory

Policy ID
AutoPublishing
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Printers

Description

Determines whether the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes the computer's shared printers in Active Directory.

If you enable this setting or do not configure it, the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes all shared printers.

If you disable this setting, the Add Printer Wizard does not automatically publish printers. However, you can publish shared printers manually.

The default behavior is to automatically publish shared printers in Active Directory.

Note: This setting is ignored if the "Allow printers to be published" setting is disabled.

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • Auto PublishingREG_DWORD

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