Configure Redirection Guard

Policy ID
ConfigureRedirectionGuardPolicy
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Printers

Description


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.

Options

  • Configure options for Redirection Guard
  • Redirection Guard Options
    • Redirection Guard Disabled
    • Redirection Guard Enabled
    • Redirection Guard Audit Only

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • RedirectionGuardPolicyREG_DWORD

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