Microsoft Windows Registry Guide, Second Edition

Printers

The key HKCU\Printers defines the user's printer connections. The following list describes the three subkeys you find in this key:

• Connections.

  This subkey contains one subkey for each printer connection. The name of the key defines the printer connection: ,,Server,Printer. Also, values in this subkey define the print provider and server.

• DevModePerUser.

  This subkey contains per-user printer settings.

• Settings.

  This subkey contains settings for Add Printer Wizard, including the users' preferences from the last time they used the wizard to add a printer.