Windows 10: Default network printer randomly defaults to the adobe PDF printer

Hi Guys,

I'm getting quite frustrated with this issue and wondering if anyone has seen it, and able to resolve the issue. The issue is I have a network printer selected as the default in Windows 10. I have the option "Let Windows manage my default printer" turned off. At one point randomly, the default printer goes back to the Adobe PDF as the default.

Steps taken:

* I have checked the registry settings to ensure that the options "let Windows manage my default printer" is switched off. I can confirm this.
* Switched the default printer back to the network printer and performed a reboot. The network printer remains as the default. At some point of the day it goes back to Adobe PDF.
* Had a Microsoft support dude to look at the issue, but he has no idea either.

A few of my pilot users has also experience the same issue. Any ideas anyone?

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Changes to Windows 10 default settings do not stay set

I have changed the applications default settings multiple times and Windows does not honor these settings. Here are a few examples:

• I have set my default printer to my company network printer, and then disabled "When turned on, the default printer is the last used printer." so that it will stay as the company printer. But, No! Windows randomly resets the default to another printer option
  such as my HOME printer.
• I set our company standard PDF reader/editor to Adobe Acrobat. Again, Windows randomly changes it and opens the PDF in Edge.
• I set our company standard photo viewer/editor to Snagit and set the file types it should open. Again, Windows randomly defaults it to its own photo app.

I have followed all of the instructions to right-click, select the app I want to use, and choose "Alway use this app ..." and I have set default apps on the Settings page, but still things get randomly reset to Windows defaults instead of MY defaults. There
is no rhyme or reason to when it happens that I can find. It's just RANDOM!

How do I get Windows to honor these permanently? And please don't step me through all of your help pages again, I have read them. I have been through numerous online articles, etc. This is extremely frustrating because it seems Windows decides my choices.

 

printer probmel

after upgrade from win 8.1 to win 10 my printer found fun ! problem !

i test with several printers and problem is same !

widows automatically knows the printer and it`s my default one .

test print can not be print . office and pdf can not be print but with adobe Photoshop can print . this problem is same with all printer was same ether usb or network one

 

How mine is set up is
In settings
Go to Printer icon
Make sure your named printer is in default.
Turn on let Window manage your default printer.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...t-printer.html

That way if your printer you named was the last one used
The next time you go to print
Your printer should appear

 

I have multiple network printers installed also, in which the main printer in my office is the default. If my default printer is not working, I sometimes print upstairs to another network printer. The problem is that I don't want windows to always allows to manage my default printer as I may forget that I have printed it upstairs. I don't understand why windows is making the Adobe PDF as a default printer when I have chosen the network printer as my default when I have the option switched off for windows allowing to manage my default printer. Do you know what I mean?

 

Start button > Settings > Devices > Printers and scanners >click at your printer > click Set as Default > click at Microsoft Print to PDF > click Remove device > click Yes to confirm >
I would suggest that you enable Let Windows manage my default printer option. That way, your default printer will be the last printer used.

 

Enabling that Windows manage my default printer is a ridiculous idea for most people. Most of us have a printer we normally use but occasionally use another one for something special. We don't want Windows to automatically change our default printer to that printer. We want our printing to go to the normal printer except when we tell it to go elsewhere. Letting Windows decide what the default printer is causes many problems for most users.

 

If you have ideas or suggestions, reply to the OP directly.
I don't need your opinion nor am I asking for one.
This is not a Discussion section.

 

I just read your post and I felt the need to create an account just so I could reply that you are a moron.