Printer Preferences Desktop Shortcut.


Mitch

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Hi, I want to create a desktop shortcut to Printer Preferences for our Canon TS6351 printer. Previously, I could create one by opening Control Panel/Hardware/Printers and right click the Printer Preferences box and create a desktop shortcut.
In the latest version of 24H2, when you do the above, the printers open in Settings and there seems to be no way to create a shortcut from the Preferences box. This seems to be the result of the migration from Control Panel to Settings which seems unnecessary.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Mitch.
 

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Here's what I did.
Create a desktop shortcut with a target of C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Name it Printers. That shortcut will open to a screen that shows all your printers. Right click on your printer and select
"printing preferences."
 

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