Monday, June 8, 2020

Unable to Select Printer as Default (Error 0x00000709​)



On "device and printers" I got a list of printers but do not have a "Default printer". 

Step 1.

1. Click Start and select “Devices Printers

2. Right click on the name of your printer and select “see what’s printing

3. In the que view, select “Open As Administrator

4. Then select “Set As Default Printer” on the main menu, note if it is already opened up as administrator, then you may not see the option to open it as administrator.

Problem here is I can find the "Open As Administrator". Note the user profile says it is already a local Admin.

Step 2.

open run command or press windows+R


write Regedit

 Regedit -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software->Microsoft->Windows NT->Current Version->Windows 



One of the entries in right hand pane is“Device”. If the value for “Device” as noted under the “Data” area is anything other than the printer you are using, then highlight “Device” in the right hand pane with the mouse and press the delete key to remove it. (I edited it and put the name of the printer I wanted to be the default). 


Restart the computer toWindows system registry.

Note: If you encounter this sort of error “Cannot edit Device: Error writing the value’s new contents“, please follow the steps below to set the permission of the key. 







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