Printer - Turn on or Off Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer OPTION onE Printer - Turn on or Off Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer

To Turn on or Off Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer in Settings


1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2. Click/tap on Printers & scanners on the left side, and turn on (default) or off Let Windows manage my default printer for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

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3. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.







 

Printer - Turn on or Off Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer OPTION TWO Printer - Turn on or Off Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer
To Turn on or Off Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer using a REG File


 

Note   Note
The .reg files below make changes to the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows

LegacyDefaultPrinterMode DWORD

0= on
1 = off


1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


 2. To Turn on Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer

NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_On_Let_Windows_Manage_My_Default_Printer.reg

download


 3. To Turn Off Let Windows 10 Manage Default Printer

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_Off_Let_Windows_Manage_My_Default_Printer.reg

download

4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. If prompted, click on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.





That's it,
Shawn

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