diff --git a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/VCL.xcs b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/VCL.xcs
index cb2d76944a13..58fd515e46b6 100644
--- a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/VCL.xcs
+++ b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/VCL.xcs
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
                 <prop oor:name="LastPrinter" oor:type="xs:string" oor:nillable="false">
                     <value/>
                 </prop>
+                <prop oor:name="WindowState" oor:type="xs:string" oor:nillable="false">
+                    <value/>
+                </prop>
             </group>
             <group oor:name="WM">
                 <prop oor:name="ShouldSwitchWorkspace" oor:type="xs:boolean" oor:nillable="false">
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/printdlg.cxx b/vcl/source/window/printdlg.cxx
index 78fbada59c1f..797aff61fa5d 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/printdlg.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/printdlg.cxx
@@ -756,9 +756,8 @@ void PrintDialog::storeToSettings()
     officecfg::VCL::VCLSettings::PrintDialog::LastPage::set(
                      mxTabCtrl->get_tab_label_text(mxTabCtrl->get_current_page_ident()), batch);
 
-    pItem->setValue( u"PrintDialog"_ustr,
-                     u"WindowState"_ustr,
-                     m_xDialog->get_window_state(vcl::WindowDataMask::All) );
+    officecfg::VCL::VCLSettings::PrintDialog::WindowState::set(
+                     m_xDialog->get_window_state(vcl::WindowDataMask::All), batch );
 
     pItem->setValue( u"PrintDialog"_ustr,
                      u"CopyCount"_ustr,
@@ -798,8 +797,7 @@ void PrintDialog::readFromSettings()
     }
 
     // persistent window state
-    aValue = pItem->getValue( u"PrintDialog"_ustr,
-                              u"WindowState"_ustr );
+    aValue = officecfg::VCL::VCLSettings::PrintDialog::WindowState::get();
     if (!aValue.isEmpty())
         m_xDialog->set_window_state(aValue);