Shortcuts are always useful and help us, so many of the options we often use are always at our fingertips, just look for the tool or site we need to get into our desktop. In this case, it’s pretty useful have direct access to our desktop printer and your options.
How do I anchor printer access to the taskbar?
If you want to access your printer options easily and with one click; You can choose to anchor the printer to your taskbar, which will allow you to access it even if you have tabs open on your computer; because you can always find it in the bottom bar that appears on your screen.
From your Windows 10; You need to press the button that shows the Microsoft logo to access the menu, select ‘Settings’ and go to ‘Devices, printers and scanners’, select ‘Manage’ and ‘Printing Preferences’.
Go to ‘Maintenance’ and click ‘Extended settings’, select ‘Extended settings’ and select your printer now click the ‘OK’ option.
Click on the option “Preferences Control” and tap the checkbox to activate the shortcut on the taskbar. Finally, click OK to keep the program open.
How do I create a printer shortcut on my desktop?
Having direct access to your printer on your desktop allows you to access printer options by tapping an icon on your desktop as if it were an application or folder. This widget is not initially included on your desktop you have to put it on yourself. You can create a shortcut using the commands or directly from the control panel from your Windows 10 computer.
Using commands
You can use a command to add a shortcut to your desktop to make it easier. In this case, to add a shortcut to the printer; you need to go to your desktop and press the right mouse button on an empty space to open a list of options.
Among these options, you have to place the pointer on the ‘New’ option and you will see a new list next to it, where select ‘Shortcut’.
A window will appear on your screen give permission to create shortcut, in the text bar, type the following command: explorer.exe shell ::: {A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}
After entering the command, you need to click on the ‘Next’ option at the bottom of this window. Having done this, you need to name this access; now click ‘Finish’.
Ahal give the image to your new icon. For that; Right-click on the new shortcut, and from the list of options, select ‘Properties’. Go to ‘Shortcut’ and click the ‘Change Icon’ option.
You can choose one icons provided by the system or a path to the icon you used. Once you select the icon, you will see it on your desktop and when you access it, it will take you directly to open ‘Devices and Printers’.
From the control panel
To create a shortcut from the control panel to the printer; You need to access the control panel and enter the ‘Devices and Printers’ configuration; Right-click on your printer and select the option ‘Create shortcut’.
If you do not have permission to create shortcuts to this configuration; you can choose to create a control panel shortcut if this does not appear on your desktop.
To do this, go to the menu and search for ‘Settings’ and select the ‘Control panel’ option; press ‘Open file location’ go to your file browser and view the ‘Control Panel’ file. Right-click and select ‘Create Shortcut’.
To do this, right-click on the new shortcut and select ‘Copy’. Now, go to your desktop and in a spacebar, right-click until a list of options is displayed and select ‘Paste’ to be a shortcut. is on your desk.
Why does a shortcut fail in Windows 10?
Just in case you want to add a shortcut to the desktop, an error occurs. You need to make sure that your computer is not infected with a virus prevent you from performing your duties normally.
This error may also be due to an error in a system registry; To check for errors in your system, you can press the Microsoft icon button and the X letter key. Now, you need to select command prompt and run as an administrator.
You can use one of the following commands to try to solve this problem You can quickly copy commands and enter them in the command prompt manager.
- DISM.exe / Online / Cleanup-image / Scanhealth
- DISM.exe / Online / Cleanup-image / Restorehealth
- Sfc / scan
If you have run one or all of these commands and the error persists; you can try Restart the system to optimize your processes and solve possible problems.
Keep in mind that it’s a good idea to have virus protection for your Windows 10 computer, and so on avoid these types of mistakes or even worse.
As a last resort, you can try to create your own shortcut from another Windows account and check that it works properly within this account.
