Policy
Automatically publish new printers in Active Directory
Determines whether the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes the computer's shared printers in Active Directory. If you enable this setting or do not configure it, the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes all shared printers. If you disable this setting, the Add Printer Wizard does not automatically publish printers. However, you can publish shared printers manually. The default behavior is to automatically publish shared printers in Active Directory. Note: This setting is ignored if the "Allow printers to be published" setting is disabled.
2e980c22a659 AutoPublishing Registry
Copy registry mappings
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\Auto Publishing (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard\Auto Publishing (disabled) = 0Policy notes
Determines whether the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes the computer's shared printers in Active Directory. If you enable this setting or do not configure it, the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes all shared printers. If you disable this setting, the Add Printer Wizard does not automatically publish printers. However, you can publish shared printers manually. The default behavior is to automatically publish shared printers in Active Directory. Note: This setting is ignored if the "Allow printers to be published" setting is disabled.