Type Control in Windows Start Search Box (Cortana) > Control Panel > Devices & Printers > Drag the required printer to Desktop to create the shortcut (Or you can right click to create shortcut)
Printer Shortcut
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Anonymous
I have just purchased a new laptop, which has Windows 10 installed.
I have installed MS Office 2016 and my HP printer/scanner/fax etc
Now I want to add a shortcut on the desktop to the printer but ..............
There is no folder called HP on my C drive so I cannot go to it and add a shortcut.
Trying to add a shortcut from right click desktop - New shortcut requires browsing to a location that I cannot see
Hovering over the printer when I have a document open in print mode, says it is in a file called "WSD-a8 .........long string of numbers"
Doing a specific search for "HP" shows me some files in C/programdata which I cannot see
I tried connecting the printer direct to the laptop and it ran through the driver install but with no shortcut added
Help required please
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
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Anonymous
2018-05-24T14:26:52+00:00 Thank you very much E for Excel.
I still had to download a program from the store but I can now "Scan" from my laptop
:-) I thought Windows 10 was about making our lives easier :-)
Tony F