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    Re: Darn you M$. Back to missing printer icons again on W10

    Quote Originally Posted by tonerhead View Post
    Here is the cure (workaround). It has worked for me so far. Run script below before installing driver. Script turns off enhanced Microsoft icons (which are worthless anyway) (just give me the good old vanilla ones that work)

    Paste this into search box on W10, it will show it in results, double click to run and select no and save to turn off enhanced microsoft icons.

    Rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\System32\newdev.dll,DeviceInternetSet tingUi

    Hopefully M$ fixes with next update. Supposedly a MAJOR one is coming this month, God help us all.

    Thanks to tmaged who provided the link to the script.

    Worked as intended in my Win 10 Pro home PC. Thanks for the tip.
    They M$ screwed us over and over again. New installed printer don't work because it searches for cute icons...WTF
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    Re: Darn you M$. Back to missing printer icons again on W10

    <Windows Key+R> (run command). "shellrintersfolder" Use a :, then p (no emoji)

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    Re: Darn you M$. Back to missing printer icons again on W10

    I'll try again-

    <Windows Key+R> (run command). shell:printersfolder

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    Darn you M$.  Back to missing printer icons again on W10

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    Re: Darn you M$. Back to missing printer icons again on W10

    On a fresh Win 10 install with the latest Windows Update, a new print driver install momentarily went to the Unspecified Folder found in Devices/ Printers before quickly appearing in the expected Printers location.

    It seems Microsoft has resolved this issue.

    No need anymore to alter the Registry or go to Control Panel/ Administrative Tools/ Print Management.

    That does not mean that your customers have downloaded the latest Win 10 update. You might have to request that they perform a Windows update before you arrive to install print drivers or that you do that for them when you do arrive (which takes both time and usually a restart). A lot of time, if you have 10 computers to install print drivers on.

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