Key Takeaways:
- Removing the legacy Order Prints Wizard component from Windows devices
- Ensuring consistency and automation with Microsoft Intune
- Organizations can reduce clutter and improve usability
- Supports productivity and security
Let’s discuss Stop Windows from Downloading Third-Party Wizard Providers for Maximum Privacy using Intune. The Intune policy setting Turn off the “Order Prints” picture task is a legacy administrative template setting that controls whether users can use the built-in Windows feature to order physical prints of their photos through third-party online services.
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Stop Windows from Downloading Third-Party Wizard Providers for Maximum Privacy using Intune
Most modern organizations choose to Enable this policy (which disables the feature) for many reasons. By disabling this feature (Enable Policy) allowing users to upload corporate imagery (which might contain sensitive data, whiteboards, or ID badges) to unmanaged third-party printing vendors creates a data leakage risk.
Third-party printing services often require users to create accounts and share personal/location data, which may conflict with an organization’s privacy or GDPR compliance standards. Organizations often prefer a “clean” OS experience, removing consumer-facing features that aren’t relevant to professional environment.
Example Scenario
An IT department is deploying 5,000 new laptops. They want to ensure that every device looks and behaves identically to reduce help desk calls (“Why does my computer show a ‘Print Photos‘ button but my colleague’s doesn’t?”).
By enforcing this via Intune, the IT team ensures that consumer-grade features don’t interfere with the professional interface.
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How to Configure this Policy
As an Admin, you can quickly configure this policy on your organisation. To start the Policy Creation, open the Microsoft Intune Admin center. Then go to Devices > Configuration >+ Create > +New Policy.
Profile Creation
Profile creation is the necessary step that helps you to assign the policy to appropriate platform and Profile. Here I would like to configure the policy to Windows 10 and later platform and settings catalog profile. Then click on the Create button.
Filling the Basic Tab
Naming the policy is the primary step that help admins to identify the policy later. This is important and necessary step that allows you to know the purpose of the policy. Here is Name is mandatory and description is optional. After adding this click on the Next button.
Configure Enable Order Prints Wizard
With Settings Picker, you can use the Configuration Settings Tab. On this tab, you can click on the +Add Settings hyperlink to get the Settings Picker. The settings picker shows huge number of settings. Here, I would like to select Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication settings\Turn off the “Order Prints” picture task.
Disable Order Prints Wizard
If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, the task is displayed. Disable is the default value of this policy. Click on the Next button.
Enable Order Prints Wizard
If you enable this policy setting, the task “Order Prints Online” is removed from Picture Tasks in File Explorer folders. Click on the Next button.
Scope Tags
With scope tags, you create a restriction to the visibility of the Order Prints Wizard. It helps to organise resources as well. Here, I would like to skip this section, because it is not mandatory. Click on the Next button.
Assignments Tab for Selecting Group
To assign the policy to specific groups, you can use the Assignment Tab. Here I click, +Add groups option under Included groups. I choose a group from the list of groups and click on the Select button. Again, I click on the Select button to continue.
Review + Create Tab
Before completing the policy creation, you can review each tab to avoid misconfiguration or policy failure. After verifying all the details, click on the Create Button. After creating the policy, you will get a success message.
Monitoring Status
The Monitoring Status page shows whether the policy has succeeded or not. To quickly configure the policy and take advantage of the policy sync the assigned device on Company Portal. Open the Intune Portal. Go to Devices > Configuration > Search for the Policy. Here, the policy shows as successful.
Removing the Assigned Group from these Settings
If you want to remove the Assigned group from the policy, it is possible from the Intune Portal. To do this, open the Policy on Intune Portal and edit the Assignments tab and the Remove Policy.
To get more detailed information, you can refer to our previous post – Learn How to Delete or Remove App Assignment from Intune using by Step-by-Step Guide.
How to Delete Order Prints Wizard Policy
You can easily delete the Policy from the Intune Portal. From the Configuration section, you can delete the policy. It will completely remove it from the client devices.
For detailed information, you can refer to our previous post – How to Delete Allow Clipboard History Policy in Intune Step by Step Guide.
Windows CSP Details
This policy setting specifies whether the “Order Prints Online” task is available from Picture Tasks in Windows folders. The Order Prints Online Wizard is used to download a list of providers and allow users to order prints online. The following are the ADMX mapping.
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | ShellPreventWPWDownload_2 |
| Friendly Name | Turn off Internet download for Web publishing and online ordering wizards |
| Location | Computer Configuration |
| Path | InternetManagement > Internet Communication settings |
| Registry Key Name | Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer |
| Registry Value Name | NoWebServices |
| ADMX File Name | ICM.admx |
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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.