Group Policies

It is possible to control several PDFCreator settings using group policies. Therefore we provide the PDFCreator.admx file and several language files. You can find the files in the “Group Policies” folder of your installation of PDFCreator Professional or PDFCreator Terminal Server.

To use the PDFCreator Group Policies, copy the PDFCreator.admx file and the subfolder that matches your system language from %programfiles%\PDFCreator\Group Policies into %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions.

All settings are available as Machine and User Group Policies, of which the machine context is superior.

Note

If you are new to Group Policies and want to learn how to install and manage them, please read the following MSDN article:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530196.aspx

The available Group Policy settings are listed below

Setting	Type	Description
AllowUserDefinedProfiles	Bool	Enable to allows own user profiles next to the shared profiles
DisableAccountsTab	Bool	Activate to disable accounts tab. This disables the functionality to add, remove or change accounts.
DisableApplicationSettings	Bool	Activate to disable the access to the whole application settings.
DisableDebugTab	Bool	Activate to disable debug tab. This disables the functionality to run test jobs and change the debug level.
DisableHistory	Bool	Activate to disable the job history.
DisableLicenseExpirationReminder	Bool	Activate to never show a reminder of an upcoming license expiration.
DisablePrinterTab	Bool	Activate to disable printer tab. This disables the functionalities to add/delete/rename PDFCreator printers, change profile assignments and set the primary pdfcreator printer.
DisableProfileManagement	Bool	Activate to completely disable the editing of profiles.
DisableRssFeed	Bool	Activate to disable the rss news feed.
DisableTips	Bool	Disable tips on home screen.
DisableTitleTab	Bool	Activate to disable title tab. This disables the functionality to change title replacements.
DisableUsageStatistics	Bool	Activate to completely disable the anonymous usage statistics.
HideFeedbackForm	Bool	Activate to hide feedback form
HideLicenseTab	Bool	Activate to hide license tab.
HidePdfArchitectInfo	Bool	Activate to hide information about our customizable PDF Editor.
LoadSharedAppSettings	Bool	Activate to load application settings from ini file in ‘%ProgramData%pdfforgePDFCreator’. This is activated by default and must be explicitly disabled.
LoadSharedProfiles	Bool	Activate to load profiles from ini file in ‘%ProgramData%pdfforgePDFCreator’. This is activated by default and must be explicitly disabled.
SharedSettingsFilename	String	Set the filename of the shared settings file. The default is ‘settings.ini’.
ApplicationSettings
ApplicationSettings.Language	String	Set the display language of main program.
ApplicationSettings.UpdateInterval	String	Set the update interval. Set ‘Never’ to disable updates.
CreatorAppSettings
CreatorAppSettings.HotStandbyMinutes	Int	Set the number of minutes PDFCreator will remain in standby after running. Set to 0 to disable.

Table of Contents

• PDFCreator
  • Introduction
  • Installing PDFCreator
  • Using PDFCreator
  • PDFCreator Settings
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • COM Interface
  • License
  • Acknowledgements
• PDFCreator Server
• Internal License Server (ILS)
• HotFolder
• Support PDFCreator