Windows 10: Accidently Deleted Windows XPS Document Writer from Settings - Printers & Scanners

Hello dear Microsoft HelpersI recently deleted my WINDOWS XPS thing and was wondering if you could help

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Windows 10 and XPS Document Writer issues

Hi Briston,

We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

Before proceeding, we need more information to help you better.

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  What files you are trying to save using XPS document writer?
  
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  Is the issue specific with the files?
  

I suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps to resolve XPS document writer issues.

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  Right click on empty area on Desktop, click on Create and select New text document.
  
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  Open the created text document and type some text (input text as you desire, save and close text file)
  
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  Again open the text document, click on File tab and click on Print.
  
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  Select the Microsoft XPS writer and click on Print button.
  
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  You may select the location to save the file.
  

You may follow the below article to fix the issues with Printer.

Fix printer problems
Fix printer problems

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Cannot reinstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer

I tried to use an Intuit QuickBooks tool to fix a problem with saving to a pdf. The tool deleted Microsoft XPS Document Writer from my printer list and then was unable to add it back. Intuit gave me a link to instructions for re-installing Microsoft XPS
Document Writer (https://community.intuit.com/articles/1019822-reinstall-microsoft-xps-document-writer-in-windows-7-8) myself. I followed the instruction exactly, but in the end got an error message "Unable to install printer. The handle is invalid." and I
have no idea what that means. I tried the Microsoft fixit DeviceCenterDiagnostic but it did not find anything. I tried to re-install Microsoft XPS Document Writer by choosing that I had a disk and browsed to the .inf file and in the end got the same error
message "Unable to install printer. The handle is invalid." How can I get around that and get Microsoft XPS Document Writer back as a valid printer?

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Microsoft XPS Document Writer Download for Windows 10

>>Found this link - worked for me! Allowed me to reinstall XPS Document Writer.<<

How to force XPS Service installation on Windows 10?

This worked perfectly for me. Downloaded the zip file and followed the KB instructions. Worth repeating here:

File download found here -- just click download: Microsoft-XPS-Document-Writer.zip

Instructions: I followed them with following exceptions -- ignore Windows 7, worked for Windows 10. I could not remove the XPS printer because it was not there. I just ignored that and went to Add printer. All else I followed and XPS was installed.

How to resolve PDF issues on windows 8?
On Windows 8 Emailing forms, previous bank reconciliation reports, and saving as PDF within the program may get resolved by the following Steps:

1. Download and extract the Windows 7 XPS document writer printer drivers containing folder from here Microsoft XPS Document Writer Click File and Download.
   
2. Copy and paste this folder to C Drive\Windows\System32.
   
3. Open Devices and Printers using Windows key+ R to get the run box and type Control.exe Printers and press Enter.
   
4. Right Click Microsoft XPS Document Writer and Click Remove Device.
   
5. Click Add a new printer and Click on “A printer that wasn’t listed”
   
6. Select “add local printer with manual settings” and Click next.
   
7. Select the radio button Create a new Port,Type of port Local port and Click next.
   
8. Enter a port as XPS and click ok.
   
9. Click have disk and Browse to the C Drive\Windows\System32\Microsoft XPS Document Writer
   
10. Select prnms001 file and click open and the ok.
    
11. Select replace Current drivers and next.
    
12. Type a printer name will show up as Microsoft XPS Document Writer just click next and Finish.
    

Test: Open Quickbooks and open any invoice and Click File and Save as PDF and save to the desktop and check if that invoice got saved as PDF.