Remove the add printer menu item (Current User)
This setting enables you to prevent the addition of a new printer.
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Description:
This setting enables you to prevent the addition of a new printer. If you go to "start->run", type "control panel" and perform a double-click on the icon "printers and faxes", you can see all your existing printers. If you enable this setting, you can't add a new printer. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one dword value "noaddprinter", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to remove the add printer menu item from the menu printers and faxes in the start menu. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
This setting enables you to prevent the addition of a new printer. If you go to "start->run", type "control panel" and perform a double-click on the icon "printers and faxes", you can see all your existing printers. If you enable this setting, you can't add a new printer. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one dword value "noaddprinter", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to remove the add printer menu item from the menu printers and faxes in the start menu. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]</b> key, right-click and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "NoAddPrinter".
Third, right-click on the 'NoAddPrinter' DWORD value and click on "Modify".
Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: NoAddPrinter
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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