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Windows 10 machine default printer

  • 14-01-2021 09:38AM
    #1
    exaisle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,
    I'm using a Windows 10 desktop and I occasionally need to edit pdf files, so I have installed Foxit Phantom (I've always used Foxit in preference to Adobe).

    However, I notice that the default printer keeps changing from my main office laser printer to Foxit Phantom. This is a pain in the Áras when I need to print something fast and a Foxit Phantom window pops up with the relevant document.

    I have disabled the option to let Windows manage my default printer in Settings>Devices>Printers & Scaners and I've also checked the registry to ensure that the appropriate value is 1 at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows the LegacyDefaultPrinterMode"

    Anybody have any idea how to inhibit Foxit Phantom from changing the default printer setting? (I assume it's Phantom that's doing it if Windos can't manage the default printer status).

    Any assistance appreciated.

    Regards,

    E.


Comments

  • #2
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Personally I despise the Windows 10 Settings app. I prefer to use Control Panel.

    Go to Devices and Printers and see if your printer is set as the default. There should be a green dot with a checkmark in it.
    If not then right-click > set to default

    Ken


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