How to Create a "Printers" Folder Shortcut in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
Information
This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Printers shortcut that opens the Printers folder in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
EXAMPLE: Printers folder
OPTION ONE
To Download the "Printers" Folder Shortcut
1. Click/tap on the download button below to download the
Printers.zip file.
2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.
3. Open the .zip file and extract the Printers shortcut to the desktop
.
4. Unblock the
Printers shortcut. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button under the General tab, then the shortcut is already unblocked and you can continue on to step 5.
5. In
Vista or
Windows 7, you can now
Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or
Pin to Start Menu, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
6. In
Windows 8 and
8.1, you can
Pin to Taskbar on desktop,
Pin to Start screen, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
7. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like, or save it to use again.
OPTION TWO
To Manually Create the "Printers" Folder Shortcut
1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.
2. Type the location below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (See screenshot below)
%windir%\explorer.exe /e,::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
OR
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder
3. Type
Printers for the name, and click/tap on the
Finish button. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
4. Right click on the new
Printers shortcut on the Desktop, and click/tap on
Properties.
5. Click/tap on the
Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the
Change Icon button. (See screenshot below)
6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", type in the location below and press
Enter. (See screenshot below)
%windir%\System32\imageres.dll
7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on
OK. (See screenshot above)
NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.
8. Click/tap on
OK. (See screenshot below)
9. In
Vista or
Windows 7, you can now
Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or
Pin to Start Menu, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
10. In
Windows 8and
8.1, you can
Pin to Taskbar on desktop,
Pin to Start screen, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn