As an alternative to group policies, the same settings can also be set as restrictions under HKLM. This allows administrators to specify these restrictions on computers that are not part of a Windows domain.
The “restriction settings” are the same settings as the settings in the group policies and can be used if group policies are not applicable.
Like the group policies, they are only available in the Business versions of PDFCreator, but not in PDFCreator Free.
PDFCreator reads these settings, but does not change them and does not write them to HKCU.
Note
Group policies always take precedence over the “Restriction Settings”!
The “restriction settings” need to be set in the registry under HKLM\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator\Restrictions… (all are type of String).
Registry Key |
Description |
Possible Values |
|---|---|---|
\ApplicationSettings\Language |
Set the display language of main program. |
ca, zh-HANS, zh-HANT, co-FR, cs, da, nl, en, fi, fr, ka, de, hu, it, lt, pl, pt-BR, es, sv |
\ApplicationSettings\UpdateInterval |
Set the update interval. Set “”Never”” to disable updates. |
Never, Daily, Weekly, Monthly |
\CreatorAppSettings\StandbyDuration |
Set the number of minutes PDFCreator will remain in standby after running. Set to 0 to disable. |
0, 30, 120, 1440, 512640 |
\DisablePrinterTab |
Activate to disable “”Printer”” tab. This disables the functionalities to add/delete/rename PDFCreator printers, change profile assignments and set the primary PDFCreator printer. |
True, False |
\DisableTitleTab |
Activate to disable “”Title”” tab. This disables the functionality to change title replacements. |
True, False |
\DisableDebugTab |
Activate to disable “”Debug”” tab. This disables the functionalities to run test jobs and change the debug level. |
True, False |
\HideLicenseTab |
Activate to hide “”License”” tab.” |
True, False |
\HidePdfArchitectInfo |
Activate to hide information about our customizable PDF Editor “”PDF Architect””.” |
True, False |
\HideFeedbackForm |
Activate to hide feedback form” |
True, False |
\DisableProfileManagement |
Activate to completely disable the editing of profiles. |
True, False |
\DisableApplicationSettings |
Activate to disable the access to the whole application settings. |
True, False |
\DisableAccountsTab |
Activate to disable “”Accounts”” tab. This disables the functionality to add, remove or change accounts. |
True, False |
\DisableUsageStatistics |
Activate to completely disable the anonymous usage statistics. |
True, False |
\DisableHistory |
Activate to disable the job history. |
True, False |
\DisableLicenseExpirationReminder |
Activate to never show a reminder of an upcoming license expiration. |
True, False |
\DisableRssFeed |
Activate to completely disable the rss news feed. |
True, False |
\DisableTips |
Activate to hide the tips on home screen |
True, False |
\LoadSharedAppSettings |
Activate to load application settings from ini file in “”%ProgramData%pdfforgePDFCreator””. This is activated by default and must be explicitly disabled. |
True, False |
\SharedSettingsFilename |
Input the name of (one of) the settings files located in “”%ProgramData%pdfforgePDFCreator””. The setting should only contain the name of the file, without the file path and extention. |
True, False |
\LoadSharedProfiles |
Activate to load profiles from ini file in “”%ProgramData%pdfforgePDFCreator””. This is activated by default and must be explicitly disabled. |
True, False |