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Windows 10 Devices And Printers Icons

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If you find that the Printer icon is not showing in your Desktop, Control Panel, Devices and Printers, then you may have to tweak the Windows Registry. Romanian map ets 2 torrent download. You will have to follow the same procedure. In the window that opens, you will be asked: Do you want Windows to download driver software and realistic icons for your devices? Select Yes, do this automatically (Recommended). Using a clean installation of Windows 7 RC1 Build 7100 - I am no longer able to view any icons in the Devices and Printers Control Panel. I have toggled on and off UAC. When printing from an application, the one printer that was set up for before the issue occured is still avaliable to print.

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This article describes how to hide or disable Devices in Devices and Printers.

Original product version: Windows 10 - all editions
Original KB number: 2018577

Windows 10 Devices And Printers Icons

Symptoms

There is no way in the Windows interface to hide Devices within the Devices and Printers GUI.

Resolution

You can hide Devices and Printers from Control Panel using the supported GPO and then create a folder to view Printers only.To do this, use the policy 'Hide specified control panel items' to remove the Devices and Printers item from the Control Panel window:

  1. Edit a GPO.
  2. Navigate to User ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesControl Panel.
  3. Double-click Hide specified control panel items in the right pane, select Enable, click Show button, and type Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters.

Once this policy is in place, go to Regedit and create this following Entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace

Printer Control Panel Windows 10

Create a new key {2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}

Windows 10 Devices And Printers Icons

On the right hand Pane Edit the Default Key and give it the value Printers.

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Windows 10 Devices And Printers Icons

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Symptoms

There is no way in the Windows interface to hide Devices within the Devices and Printers GUI.

Resolution

You can hide Devices and Printers from Control Panel using the supported GPO and then create a folder to view Printers only.To do this, use the policy 'Hide specified control panel items' to remove the Devices and Printers item from the Control Panel window:

  1. Edit a GPO.
  2. Navigate to User ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesControl Panel.
  3. Double-click Hide specified control panel items in the right pane, select Enable, click Show button, and type Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters.

Once this policy is in place, go to Regedit and create this following Entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace

Printer Control Panel Windows 10

Create a new key {2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}

On the right hand Pane Edit the Default Key and give it the value Printers.

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This will create a folder on the Desktop as Printers which when opened gives only the Printer listing.





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