When that was tried the Printers and Scanners windows immediately closed when I clicked 'Add a Printer'. When you connect the printer to your computer wirelessly, with a USB cable, or an Ethernet cable, Windows 10 does not automatically install the built-in. Printer you want to install take that option, if not, select the option again: The printer that I want it is not in the list, check if it allows you to search for the printer or maintain the same behavior.' 'Start Windows in safe mode and then try to add the printer from the Control Panel > Devices and printers > Add a printer > If you see the It was also recommended that I try the following:

If it still does not work then I would recommend opening command prompt as admin and running each of these commands one by one:ĭISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /ScanhealthĭISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /RestorehealthĭISM.exe /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanupĪfter this restart the computer again and test.' Try to add the printer again and see if it works. 'I would recommend restarting both the RPC service and print spooler service then fully turning off the computer then turning the computer on. Also I received another response that asked me to do the following:

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