Windows 10: why dont my faxes print and where do they go... ive looked

where are my faxes going they dont print and i cant find them

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Windows Fax and Scan Prints Outgoing Faxes

I am talking about physical fax device not windows settings

I dont know what is model of your fax device, but if it have buttons someone could press some button and change or set its settings to force it to print all. Look in fax manual

What is model of your fax device?

 

Windows10 fax and Scan folders

Unstumped! Thanks for the push Ken, into sending a new fax. The light eventually dawned on me that the file names of the sent faxes differed over several groups of characters to those of the 'new' sent fax. After a laborious cut and paste operation on all sent faxes I now have a complete record.

Out of interest, I also found this useful 'help' from M$ for missing 'sent' faxes.

• Go to the Control Panel and select Programs and features.
• On the left side select Turn Windows Features on or off.
• Scroll down to Print and Document services.
• Select the plus sign to expand.
• Remove the check from Windows FAX and Scan.
• Select OK.

To install repeat the steps and put a check mark, restart the computer.

Huzzah!

 

Windows Fax and Scan, Cannot print faxes to printer

In layman's terms, as most of you know, Microsoft broke Windows Fax and Scan with an update around 9/16/22, and have not fixed it as of this writing. All functions of Windows Fax and Scan are still working other than its ability to print new faxes received after 9/16/22.

My work-around (I got the idea from others here) is I right click the line-item for the fax that I want to print and select "Save As", and save it to a folder I created on my Desktop which I named Received Faxes for Printing. It creates a TIF file and drops it there. I set Windows Photo Viewer as the default program to open TIF files when I double click them, and print them from there.

It is a "Dixie Two-Step" because now you have two places you need to delete old faxes from when you want to get rid of them, but it works for the few faxes we get.

Update: 12/13/2022 Windows Fax and Scan still can't print new faxes, but I simplified how I handle accessing fax files for printing and other housecleaning purposes using ideas I found in this thread (mainly based on Shauz 239's suggestion).

I drilled down to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows NT\MSFax\Inbox. I got a message that says



I clicked CONTINUE to get permanent access. I then created a shortcut to this folder on my Desktop, changed the icon to look like a fax machine, and labeled it Received Faxes. It takes me right to my received faxes. I sort the files by date to make the latest easy to find. Since I had already set Windows Photo Viewer as the default program to open TIF files when I double-click them, I can easily view, page through, print, and delete faxes from one spot. No more "Dixie Two-Step"! FYI: this method allows you to view and print multiple page faxes.