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Prevent deletion of printers

Supported on: At least Windows 2000

Registry

HKCU Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value name: NoDeletePrinter

Enabled: NoDeletePrinter = 1

Disabled: NoDeletePrinter = 0

Description

If this policy setting is enabled, it prevents users from deleting local and network printers. If a user tries to delete a printer, such as by using the Delete option in Printers in Control Panel, a message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action. This setting does not prevent users from running other programs to delete a printer. If this policy is disabled, or not configured, users can delete printers using the methods described above.