RDS Redirected printers not showing up in Control Panel or Settings app

Question

Hi All,

Posting this again here as suggested

Your help would be greatly appreciated I'm having issues with printer redirect where printers are not showing on control panel and users can't see the local printer and can't print.

I found a workaround for now It appears that if you open the CLSID for Printers, the redirected printers are displayed.

Command:

explorer shell:::{863aa9fd-42df-457b-8e4d-0de1b8015c60}

OR

explorer shell:::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

If someone can help with a permanent fix that would be great :)

Answer 1

Hi there,

Ensure that you have the Printers option selected in your Remote Desktop settings. You can check this by bringing up the Remote Desktop Connection screen, selecting Local Resources, and ensuring the Printers option is selected. if so you can then try the below steps

Launch “gpedit.msc“.
Navigate to “Computer Configuration” > “Administrative Templates” > “Windows Components” > “Remote Desktop Services” > “Remote Desktop Session Host“.
Expand “Printer Redirection“.
Ensure that “Do not allow client printer redirection” is set to “Not configured” or “Disabled“. Another setting you may want to check is the “Redirect only the default client printer“. This policy should also set to “Not configured” or “Disabled” if you want more than just the default printer to be available to use.

Hope this answers all your queries, if not please do repost back.
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