Vista - Lost printer icon in Control Panel

09-29-2007

I recently uninstalled a printer driver. In the process the uninstaller must
have removed the link for the printer control panel appletâ€™s icon. The applet
itself still works fine, it just displays a blank white page icon instead of
the usual printer icon.

I had a look around in the registry, but couldnâ€™t find any links that seemed
to make a difference.

Perhaps someone here can tell me how to bring the printer icon back for that
applet.

All help and advice would be much appreciated.

09-29-2007

Is the print spooler running?
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"akita" <akita@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:98FBF2D4-673F-483E-8CE1-B8BE839B5023@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I recently uninstalled a printer driver. In the process the uninstaller
>must
> have removed the link for the printer control panel appletâ€™s icon. The
> applet
> itself still works fine, it just displays a blank white page icon instead
> of
> the usual printer icon.
>
> I had a look around in the registry, but couldnâ€™t find any links that
> seemed
> to make a difference.
>
> Perhaps someone here can tell me how to bring the printer icon back for
> that
> applet.
>
> All help and advice would be much appreciated.
>

09-29-2007	#1 (permalink)
akita n/a posts	Lost printer icon in Control Panel I recently uninstalled a printer driver. In the process the uninstaller must have removed the link for the printer control panel appletâ€™s icon. The applet itself still works fine, it just displays a blank white page icon instead of the usual printer icon. I had a look around in the registry, but couldnâ€™t find any links that seemed to make a difference. Perhaps someone here can tell me how to bring the printer icon back for that applet. All help and advice would be much appreciated.
My System Specs

09-29-2007	#2 (permalink)
Cari \(MS-MVP\) n/a posts	Re: Lost printer icon in Control Panel Is the print spooler running? http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "akita" <akita@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:98FBF2D4-673F-483E-8CE1-B8BE839B5023@xxxxxx Quote: >I recently uninstalled a printer driver. In the process the uninstaller >must > have removed the link for the printer control panel appletâ€™s icon. The > applet > itself still works fine, it just displays a blank white page icon instead > of > the usual printer icon. > > I had a look around in the registry, but couldnâ€™t find any links that > seemed > to make a difference. > > Perhaps someone here can tell me how to bring the printer icon back for > that > applet. > > All help and advice would be much appreciated. >
My System Specs

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