how can i fix error code 2147500037

Replies back from Microsoft worry me! Whats happened to this company they seem to be loosing the plot.

I am experiencing the same problem I cannot print my Homegroup Password from the 'View and Print your Homegroup Password' page arrived at through Control Panel. The print this page Button at the bottom of the page does not do what it says it does - I also get the Error code 2147500037. It's mad that Microsoft are saying that you have to have IE as your default browser. I have Windows 10 and that comes with Edge not IE. I have had to stop using Edge because it has slowed down to a snails pace and has become unusable (help on this subject from Microsoft is another sore point).

The question begs answering Why do I have to have IE as my default Browser to be able to print a page?

This issue has obviously been going on for some time and it's about time that Microsoft resolved the problem with an update to allow this page to be printed without the help of IE.  How difficult would this be.

With a little bit of intuition I have managed to paste the code into word and print out without any problems.

Bring back Bill Gates

OMG... Almost 2 years later and this still hasn't been fixed?  I cannot believe MS FORCES one to use IE for this ONE SIMPLE TASK - Give me a break.  I set IE as default and, after it loaded almost every add in the entire world and started pop-up and pop behind windows with even more adds, printed my homegroup password and then quickly reverted to Firefox as my default browser.   Come on MS, get your act together, there is no reason to force us to use IE for anything.  Please?

MDSBigPaPa, you are absolutely right, of course.  Now, another year has passed, and I am still receiving this error code while using Windows 10.

Fortunately, I have Gadwin PrintScreen installed on my PC, so I just took a quick screen snapshot of the page and saved/printed it as a graphic, without having to jump through Microsoft's ridiculous little hoop.

We know ALL of the workarounds; that's not the issue.  The intent for this thread is to force M$ into removing the requirement to have IE as your default browser.  You see, there are millions of folks who do not like/trust IE and do not want to be FORCED to make it their default browser for this one transaction.

The simple fix is the easiest, DO NOT try to PRINT  THE PASSWORD hundreds of people try and they waste hours of time, grab a pen and paper, write it down its faster than waiting for the printer to warm up.

On error code 2147500037 which only seems to occur when trying to print the password screen in HomeGroup is still happening today almost a year later.

It seems that having IE as the default browser is the only answer.

Since IE is being replaced by Edge you would think Edge would handle it but it does not allow it to print either.

Many users use Chrome and that doesn't work either.

Doing a screen print works but why do we have to think exceptions when trying to print something.

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