Windows 10: How Long Does It Take You to Open Devices & Printers?

Same for me, discovered when I had problems connecting BT headphones, went to check under devices & printers & it took much longer than usual to open. I solved the headphone connecting problem (Bluetooth was disabled) but don't know where to start with this.

 

Nope Canon printer here but do have an HP scanner.

 

No (known) HP devices directly connected, BUT yes there is an HP network printer on the LAN.

 

Hi Bastet,

Everything I've tried that seemed to fix the long delay only lasted a few days at most. The long delay has always returned so as I mentioned, I gave up and screwy Win10 wins.

 

On my PC it takes over 120 seconds. I have a laptop with an i7 cpu and 16 GB memory. The disk is a SSD at 128 GB.

Thanks Microsoft for stealing cpu cycles to no use. I have moved three of my other systems to Linux now because this Windows 10 crap freaks me out.

 

Glad to hear that Linux is working for you.

 

Hey! The Creators Update fixed this problem for me. Devices and Printers from Control Panel now opens instantaneously.
Thank you MS!

 

Hi TV2,

Thanks for posting that info. I've been holding off on installing the Creators Update to give it a chance for any bugs to be worked out. Seeing your success, I think I'll install it after I do the next backup of my current system.

EDIT:
BTW, your info is rather timely since I was just thinking of getting rid of Windows 10 by doing a fresh install of my retail Windows 7. Will see how the Win10 Creators Update works out.

Thanks again,