Stampanti sparite dal pannello di controllo

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Stampanti sparite dal pannello di controllo

Paolo Medina 0

Alcuni giorni dopo essere passato da Windows 10 a Windows 11 solo sparite le stampanti dal pannello di controllo. Continuavo però a vedere le stampanti disponibili nei menu di stampa delle applicazioni.
Dopo vari tentativi di risolvere il problema ho disinstallato tutte le stampanti.
Poi ho cominciato a reinstallarle.

Nel pannello di controllo stampanti vedo però una sola stampante che cambia ad ogni riavvio del PC.
Dal menu di stampa vedo invece le stampanti installate e posso usarle impostando le diverse opzioni di stampa.
Cosa posso fare per averle nel pannello di controllo?

Paolo Medina 0 Reputation points

2025-11-25T10:25:54.8133333+00:00

A few days after upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, the printers disappeared from the Control Panel. However, I still saw the printers available in the application's print menus.

After several attempts to resolve the problem, I uninstalled all the printers.

Then I started reinstalling them.

In the Printer Control Panel, however, I only see one printer, which changes every time I restart my PC.

From the Print menu, however, I can see the installed printers and use them by setting the printing options.

What can I do to have them in the Control Panel?

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Paolo Medina 0 Reputation points

2025-11-25T10:25:54.8133333+00:00

A few days after upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, the printers disappeared from the Control Panel. However, I still saw the printers available in the application's print menus.

After several attempts to resolve the problem, I uninstalled all the printers.

Then I started reinstalling them.

In the Printer Control Panel, however, I only see one printer, which changes every time I restart my PC.

From the Print menu, however, I can see the installed printers and use them by setting the printing options.

What can I do to have them in the Control Panel?

Answer 1

Jason Nguyen Tran 4,175 Independent Advisor

Hello Paolo Medina,

This is a peculiar but known issue that can sometimes surface after an OS upgrade, where the modern print queue and the legacy Control Panel view become desynchronized. The fact that you can still print from applications is a great sign. It means the core printing functionality is intact, but the user interface managing the printers is corrupted.

This typically points to a damaged Windows printer spooler and its associated configuration database. The steps you've already taken have likely compounded the corruption. Let's reset the entire print subsystem to a clean state. Please open an elevated Command Prompt (Run as Administrator) and run the following commands in order:

net stop spooler

del /Q /F /S %systemroot%\System32\spool\printers\*

net start spooler

After running these commands, you will need to reinstall all your printers one final time, as this process wipes the spooler's memory clean. This should rebuild the database correctly and make all printers consistently visible in both the Control Panel and the Settings app.

If this resolves the ghosting issue for you, I'd be grateful if you could hit "Accept Answer" 😊.

Jason.

Paolo Medina 0 Reputation points

2025-11-26T11:32:58.8433333+00:00

I followed the procedure you suggested, even though I had already tried it before.

The printers were removed except one, but the process stopped when new printers were detected and the option to add a detected printer was selected.

I called a technician, who was able to remove all the printers, and now I can add them, but only manually.

The printers appear in the application's print menu, but none appear in the control panel.

Are there any other solutions?
Jason Nguyen Tran 4,175 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-11-27T02:48:12.5666667+00:00
Hi Paolo,

Thank you for the update. Since all printers can now be installed manually and appear properly inside application print menus, but still do not appear in Control Panel, this tells us the issue is no longer with the spooler or the drivers. Instead, at this point it is almost certainly a problem with the legacy Control Panel printer handler, which relies on older APIs that can break during an upgrade from Windows 10 to 11.

The next step is to repair the entire Windows print management framework, not just the spooler. Please try the following advanced steps:

Re-register the print management components Run Command Prompt as Administrator and enter:

pnputil /enum-drivers | findstr /i print

Remove any duplicate or corrupted print drivers with:

pnputil /delete-driver <drivername.inf> /uninstall /force

Enable the full legacy print stack Go to: Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off Enable these items:

Print and Document Services

Internet Printing Client

LPD Print Service

Then restart the PC.

Rebuild the Control Panel printer view Run this command to repair the older shell view used by Control Panel:

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il

Optional but recommended – run an in-place Windows repair If the Control Panel components themselves are corrupted, an in-place repair (keeping files and apps) often restores missing legacy modules. You can launch it by running setup.exe from the official Windows 11 ISO.

At this point, if the printers show correctly in Settings and apps, the issue is purely UI-level corruption and these steps target exactly that layer.

Please let me know what changes after trying the above, and I’ll gladly guide you further until everything appears correctly in Control Panel. If this moves you closer to a solution, please click “Accept Answer” so others can benefit as well 😊

Jason.

Answer 2

Jason Nguyen Tran 4,175 Independent Advisor

Hello Paolo Medina,

I hope everything is going well. Have you managed to fix the problem on your side or anythings else I can help with? If the solution worked for you, please consider selecting “Accept Answer” to help others find it more easily. Much appreciated!

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