Windows – Why is the ‘print’ option missing when right-clicking a PDF

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For some reason, the "print" option no longer appears when right clicking a PDF file on my Windows 10 desktop. Because of this, I'm forced to open and print PDFs individually rather than being able to select and print up to 15 at a time.

Strangely, this issue only applies to PDFs, as the print option is available when right-clicking photos, Word documents, and .txt files.

How can I fix the print option not appearing when right-clicking a PDF file?

Best Answer

Thanks to Arc on the Windows 10 Forums for finding the solution!

The right click print option will be available after installing a [PDF application] with print capability. Install Adobe Reader DC or Nitro PDF Reader. Associate the PDF with it. Select multiple PDF files in a folder. Right click on the selection.

Context menu with Adobe Reader DC as default PDF reader (print available):

Context menu with Microsoft Edge as default PDF reader (no print option):

Workaround: `mozplugger` extension

See man 7 mozplugger:

  extensions
          This is a comma separated list of extensions that should be associated with this particular mime type. The  exten‐
          sions are only used when a web server does not report what type of file it is, or when loading files directly from
          disk.

Workaround: human interaction

Save the file and open it in the file explorer ;-)

Workaround: misconfiguration

An additional workaround is to hack mimeTypes.rdf and assign application/octet-stream to the same value as application/pdf.

I don't advice this workaround.

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