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PUB: Publisher Creates Unused DefaultPrinter Key in Registry

Article ID: 141652

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q141652

SYMPTOMS

When you install Publisher, the following key is added to the Windows 95 or Windows NT registry:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Publisher\Printing\DefaultPrinter

This key is not used by Publisher.

RESOLUTION

It does not hurt anything for this key to be here. Changing or deleting this key will have no effect.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 3.0 pub3 W_MSpub mspub pub95 regedit pub97

Keywords: kbenv kbsetup kbprb KB141652