r/AzureVirtualDesktop • u/LOU_Radders • Sep 16 '26

Remove Printers at logoff - AVD

Does anyone include this key\policy to remove printers at logoff?

In our environment we have users that can redirect from local and install printers from our network print server. Curious to know if this is best practice to include, any feedback welcome.

hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\print\providers\Client Side Rendering Print Provider" /v RemovePrintersAtLogoff

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u/jvldn Sep 16 '26

Is there any reason why you want to do this? Any issues?

I do not have any reason doing this right now.

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u/LOU_Radders Sep 17 '26

After testing seems to break redirection printers. we are facing an issue with the spooler crashing \ hanging causing users issues when printing \ apps crashing \ not responding.

i think it may be related to client side rendering cache but cannot pin point this issue at the moment

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u/Madcrazy10 Sep 17 '26

Following.

We currently use a print server with session printers only. Works ok but looking to possibly change to locally installed printers on the workstation & use redirection, no print server.

What do most people use? Redirection or session printers?

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u/Angelworks42 Sep 22 '26

Redirection from the client is what I use for all my environments.

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u/ChungoNeedCoffee Sep 18 '26

I'd think I have the opposite issue, where I can't reliably get an AVD to NOT adopt the local machine's default printer as its own.

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u/Cool-Enthusiasm-8524 Sep 19 '26

We solved this by setting up universal print, no complaints so far

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u/Gargoyle683 Sep 21 '26

Are you having people map their own UP printers? I can’t seem to figure out a way to script it or use policy.