Printing from Win32 application - new after installing 22h2 update

Question

After installing 22h2 update we get this new and "annoying" dialog box in some programs. Annoying since this dialog box always picks up the default printer (we have many), so that you lose the entries made earlier. This dialog box only appears on certain programs, e.g. indesign. Does not come up in Office programs, Photoshop etc. Before 22H2 we did not get this dialog box. We see this is the dialog box that comes up when you press "shift+ctrl+p" In, for example, Indesign, we press "ctrl+p", then "setup", then this new dialog box appears.  When we pressed "setup" before 22H2, one went straight to the Printer driver's setup without going through this  "Printing from Win32 application" dialog box.

How can we avoid this dialog box?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Sumit,

Sorry to be hijacking the thread here. Thank you for pointing that out, as I had totally missed it. As stated by Espen Johansen, this has to be done every time we want to print. We usually do color proofs first, then the actual print run, on all the machines. It appears that this dialog shows up for every printer from InDesign now, if I choose Setup, just as Espen Johansen mentioned. I, too, would like the option to get rid of this dialog box as the default behavior, so I can more easily choose the options relevant to the particular printer.

I apologize to both of you for inserting myself in this discussion. I hope that I didn't prevent or hinder your progress in any way.

Thank you.

Hi,

I'm Ramesh here. Since you replied to my post, I assume your last message was directed to me. Anyway, you may want to check out a registry method I found that brings back the legacy print dialog in Windows 11 22H2. It works only for classic/win32 apps.

I hope you and Espen Johansen will find it helpful.

Answer 2

Hi, thanks, worked for Indesign as well..

Espen

Answer 3

Hi Ramesh

Yes I have send a feedback to MS by Feedback Hub. But it look like this new printing dialog is not the best programing Microsoft have done

Peter Sunesen

Answer 4

Hi Peter,

Glad the REG fix worked for the app you were referring to. But, there is no guarantee that the fix will work in future versions of Windows 11. IMO, you can wait and see if MS releases a patch for this issue.

And. you may send your feedback to MS via the Feedback Hub. (Ref: Send feedback to Microsoft with the Feedback Hub app)

Answer 5

Hi Ramesh

Have try the registry edit and it works on Microsoft Dynamic Navision 2018 (Now Microsoft Business Central).

So now I can turn on Windows update again. But is there anybody there now the longtime consequences by going to the old print dialog. Will I get problem in the future in Windows 11? Or is it better to wait on a patch to 22H2 there fix this printing problems?

That Microsoft not even support their own programs, must speedup a patch 😊

Peter Sunesen