Windows 11 missing print button on file explorer

Anonymous
2022-12-19T13:24:20+00:00

Hello,

In windows 7 and 10 we had cool feature open any folder select 1-15 files example PDF press right mouse and select Print. So we could print files without opening them.

Seems Windows 11 has no option to Print? Why downgrade?? I'm regretting that upgraded from 10 to 11 unless you moved it.

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Anonymous
2022-12-20T11:39:52+00:00

It seems to depend on the default app for PDF you have set, I have used Edge and this function is not available. However if I use Adobe Reader I get this option.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-27T01:15:33+00:00

    Three quarters of the time when I click on Show More Options the file that was "under" that option on the popup menu gets selected instead of the file I had originally selected and that's what gets printed. This is terrible. I have to open each file to print. At least someone below suggested a shift right click. That seems to work

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-01T14:43:25+00:00

    I just DOWN GRADED to windows 11 only to discover this printing issue. Several times a week I will print folders with only a few up to a 1000 image files from explorer. This was the fastest way. Luckily I have one computer still running Windows 7 that I can transfer these files to. This is a HUGE PIA.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-21T21:15:57+00:00

    Well said! Printing a document is a basic, essential command many use daily. I truly don't understand the reasoning behind this change.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-19T20:06:50+00:00

    For pictures you simply save them and then use Adobe or Photo App to print several items on the same page; hope that helps

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