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
    2024-07-07T01:17:50+00:00

    Good news!! A user here stumbled upon an effective workaround!

    Just use Shift+Right-click and it pops the "Show More Options" menu directly. I love our staff. :)

    THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I can't tell you how much that helped. Going insane having to click "show more options" or open every individual document to print. This the best work around so far. Absolutely ridiculous they removed the print button.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-03T10:52:23+00:00

    Not working for me. All I get if I do this for 19 pdfs is

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-03T12:48:32+00:00

    Not working for me. All I get if I do this for 19 pdfs isImage

    Hi, had the same annoying issue with printing pdf's and checked this case.

    Using SHIFT + right-click worked fine for me enabling the "old" menu.

    Could of course be dependent on the PDF app type being installed, in my case I use "PDF-XChange Editor".

    Another option I used is selecting all PDF's, then right-click + Open. In the PDF app I have an option called "Print all", printing all the PDF's open as tabs. But again, I guess dependent on which PDF app you are using.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-21T21:17:42+00:00

    But why make it a two-step process? Printing is one of the most common things I do when I right click a file.

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