How to Create a Printer Shortcut on Desktop Windows 10

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to create a printer shortcut on desktop Windows 10. The “Printers” folder can be accessed via the Control Panel by clicking on the “Show devices and printers” link (under “Hardware and audio”). The Printers folder displays all the printers installed on your PC and allows you to access the various printer settings.

If you often need to open the “Printers” folder to change your printer settings, you can create a shortcut on the desktop and pin it to the taskbar. And that’s exactly what we’re going to see together in this short tutorial.
 

How to Create a Printer Shortcut on Desktop Windows 10

Follow the few steps below.

Step 1: First, open the wizard that allows you to create shortcuts. To do this, right-click on the Windows 10 desktop, then click on New and Shortcut.
 

 

 
Step 2: In the Location field, type the following path, then click Next.

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder

 
Step 3: Now enter a name for the shortcut. In this example, We will simply name it Printers. And finally, click Finish to create the shortcut to the Printers folder.
 

 

 
Step 4: Once the shortcut is created, you can customize its icon. To do this, right-click on the new Printers shortcut and click on Properties.
 

 
Step 5: From the Shortcut tab, click on the Change icon button.
 

 
 
Step 6: In the search field, type the following path and click in the empty space just below to display the available icons. Select a printer icon and confirm with OK.

%SystemRoot%\System32\SHELL32.dll

 
And here is the result!
 

 
Now, if you want to pin the shortcut icon to the taskbar, right-click on the shortcut and select Pin to Taskbar.
 

 
That’s it!