Policy
Prevent deletion of printers
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.
c32524c5219a NoDeletePrinter Registry
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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDeletePrinter (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDeletePrinter (disabled) = 0Policy notes
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.