Allow printers to be published

Policy ID
PublishPrinters
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows 2000
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Printers

Description

Determines whether the computer's shared printers can be published in Active Directory.

If you enable this setting or do not configure it, users can use the "List in directory" option in the Printer's Properties' Sharing tab to publish shared printers in Active Directory.

If you disable this setting, this computer's shared printers cannot be published in Active Directory, and the "List in directory" option is not available.

Note: This settings takes priority over the setting "Automatically publish new printers in the Active Directory".

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • PublishPrintersREG_DWORD

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