Change Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) default output format to the legacy Microsoft XPS format (*.xps)

Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) generates OpenXPS (*.oxps) files by default in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

If you enable this group policy setting, the default MXDW output format is the legacy Microsoft XPS (*.xps).

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default MXDW output format is OpenXPS (*.oxps).

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
Value NameMXDWUseLegacyOutputFormatMSXPS
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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