Manage processing of Queue-specific files
- Policy ID
- ConfigureCopyFilesPolicy
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Vista
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Printers
Description
Manages how Queue-specific files are processed during printer installation. At printer installation time, a vendor-supplied installation application can specify a set of files, of any type, to be associated with a particular print queue. The files are downloaded to each client that connects to the print server.
You can enable this setting to change the default behavior involving queue-specific files. To use this setting, select one of the options below from the "Manage processing of Queue-specific files" box.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default behavior is "Limit Queue-specific files to Color profiles".
-- "Do not allow Queue-specific files" specifies that no queue-specific files will be allowed/processed during print queue/printer connection installation.
-- "Limit Queue-specific files to Color profiles" specifies that only queue-specific files that adhere to the standard color profile scheme will be allowed. This means entries using the Registry Key CopyFiles\ICM, containing a Directory value of COLOR and supporting mscms.dll as the Module value. "Limit Queue-specific files to Color profiles" is the default behavior.
-- "Allow all Queue-specific files" specifies that all queue-specific files will be allowed/processed during print queue/printer connection installation.
Options
Registry
- CopyFilesPolicyREG_DWORD