Installed printers are not listed in Printing & Faxes Window

There are 2 printers installed on a PC. When choosing a document and
printing, the printers are listed there. But in Settings - Printers & Faxes
- no printers listed. What's really going on?

Is the spooler service running?

http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm
My printers have all disappeared from the Control Panel, Printers & Faxes

Hal
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"Angela" <Angela@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:61A08ADB-B1FA-4459-A3E4-7CD436B08AAB@microsoft.com...
> There are 2 printers installed on a PC. When choosing a document and
> printing, the printers are listed there. But in Settings - Printers &
Faxes
> - no printers listed. What's really going on?

I checked the Print Spooler in Services and it was running.

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

> Is the spooler service running?
>
> http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm
> My printers have all disappeared from the Control Panel, Printers & Faxes
>
> Hal
> --
> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>
> "Angela" <Angela@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:61A08ADB-B1FA-4459-A3E4-7CD436B08AAB@microsoft.com...
> > There are 2 printers installed on a PC. When choosing a document and
> > printing, the printers are listed there. But in Settings - Printers &
> Faxes
> > - no printers listed. What's really going on?
>
>
>

Open a cmd window and execute

sfc /scannow

this will attempt to verify and replace system files.


I don't recall which file.




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Alan Morris
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"Angela" <Angela@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E622B69-4B42-4581-B181-27E2B81F41BB@microsoft.com...
>I checked the Print Spooler in Services and it was running.
>
> "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:
>
>> Is the spooler service running?
>>
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm
>> My printers have all disappeared from the Control Panel, Printers & Faxes
>>
>> Hal
>> --
>> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
>> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
>> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
>> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
>> Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>>
>> "Angela" <Angela@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:61A08ADB-B1FA-4459-A3E4-7CD436B08AAB@microsoft.com...
>> > There are 2 printers installed on a PC. When choosing a document and
>> > printing, the printers are listed there. But in Settings - Printers &
>> Faxes
>> > - no printers listed. What's really going on?
>>
>>
>>