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Is it possible to map a printer via the registry in a windows 7 environment?
What I mean is, you have information on the printer in the registry:
- List of printers:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts
- Default printer:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
- Printers themselves:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
- More printer info:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers
There are all these different types of registry entries for printers, so it seems that it would be possible to map the printer by the registry itself. Is this possible?
Yes. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/102966/registry-entries-for-printing
– Julian Knight – 2017-04-19T11:42:57.460@JulianKnight that just gives me information on where the keys sit, not if you can map a printer by the registry – 13aal – 2017-04-19T11:44:36.683
1That's why it isn't an answer ;-) Try adding one the normal way, compare the registry keys, remove it, then add via the registry. You can definitely remotely add a printer using GPO so I fully expect you can do it via registry. – Julian Knight – 2017-04-19T12:46:11.713
@JulianKnight lol smart ass. How can you add through GPO..? – 13aal – 2017-04-19T12:51:56.270
1Don't know I'm afraid, I'm not an expert in SCOM/SCCM, you'd have to look it up. If you have W7 pro or enterprise, you should have a GPO editor installed. – Julian Knight – 2017-04-19T13:03:00.920