Disable the Deletion of Printers
Printers can be deleted simply by any user pressing the delete key, enabling this setting stops users from being able to delete printers.
Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoDeletePrinter' using the settings below.
Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.
Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Name: NoDeletePrinter
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoDeletePrinter' using the settings below.
Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.
Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Name: NoDeletePrinter
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)