Policy

Change Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) default output format to the legacy Microsoft XPS format (*.xps)

Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) generates OpenXPS (*.oxps) files by default in Windows 10, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2025. If you enable this group policy setting, the default MXDW output format is the legacy Microsoft XPS (*.xps). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default MXDW output format is OpenXPS (*.oxps).

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Printers
Policy ID 9c2418b709b3
Internal name MXDWUseLegacyOutputFormatMSXPS

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\MXDWUseLegacyOutputFormatMSXPS (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\MXDWUseLegacyOutputFormatMSXPS (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) generates OpenXPS (*.oxps) files by default in Windows 10, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2025. If you enable this group policy setting, the default MXDW output format is the legacy Microsoft XPS (*.xps). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default MXDW output format is OpenXPS (*.oxps).

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