While Microsoft continues to make little tweaks that cause so many headaches is beyond me. It’s also very easy to turn off Windows managing your default printer. ConclusionĪs you can see, setting your default printer in Windows 10 is easy. It’s another reason Windows users need access to what Windows updates entail. This is a stupid setting in Windows 10, to begin with, especially one that was hidden and recently implemented without much notice. It’s aggravating when you print to the wrong printer, and we know printer spools have a mind of their own and don’t like to be cleared until a restart takes place.īy configuring Windows 10 to let you set the default printer, you can avoid printing to the wrong printer during the day. Whether this is at home or work, this will cause the least amount of frustration. If you juggle multiple printers, I recommend setting the default printer to the printer you use the most. Now, until you change the default printer, whatever you choose will remain the default printer in the future. There’s no need to restart your Windows 10 computer or anything like that. I want my HP printer to be my default at all times, so pick the printer you want to be your default and right-click on it. That’s because Windows 10 identified that as the printer I use the most and made it the “default” without alerting me. This will pick up any printer you’ve set up on your Windows 10 machine.Īs you can see, my work computer is what’s checked by default now. This’ll open the Control Panel where you can see the list of all printers available to your PC.
This time, click on “Devices and Printers.” Now, in the Settings app, search for “Printers” again.
Scroll down and slide the setting under “Let Windows manager my default printer” to the off position. Once open, search for “Printers” and click on “Printers & scanners.”
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