Windows 10 resets default printer after RDP session

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I have a very irritating situation with my computer. If I remote in to it, my default printer gets reset. It resets to the first printer (alphabetically in the port name) in the list, which is a Zebra label printer and it really messes things up. I think it’s a bug in Windows 10 with RDP. I already have the “Let Windows manage my default printer” option turned off. Does anyone have an idea for me?

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What is the printer setting on the local resources tab for the RDP connection?

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What happens if you clear the printer check mark?

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I’m experimenting with that, JoeP517. Thank you for that suggestion. So far that seems to have made a difference. For anyone reading this, I understood that when you remote in to another computer, if you do not need the printers, before making the connection, go to Remote Desktop Connections –>Local Resources and clear the check box by Printers.

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My setup is that my printer is on the remote PC, and I don’t appear to have that problem. However, it happens that the printer name is first on that list. Perhaps renaming the printer so it’s first will fix the problem for you. I realise that’s it’s a fudge, but it may help until MS fix the problem.

I take it you’ve told them?

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I have not sent a report to MS. Windows apparently does not allow you to change a port name once you have your printer set up.

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I have exactly the same problem and you’re correct in that renaming the printer to be the first printer alphabetically does make a difference. Have you found a permanent solution other than the workaround in renaming the printer?

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I have a very irritating situation with my computer. If I remote in to it, my default printer gets reset. It resets to the first printer (alphabetically in the port name) in the list, which is a Zebra label printer and it really messes things up. I think it’s a bug in Windows 10 with RDP. I already have the “Let Windows manage my default printer” option turned off. Does anyone have an idea for me?

I use RDP to connect to my Windows 10 NAS, my default printer is a network printer, it’s not the first one on the list, and it doesn’t change.

Try this: RDP into your computer, turn on “Let Windows manage my default printer” (I use that setting), then start a print job. In the print dialog box that opens, select the printer you want as the default to actually run the print job.

Windows should then set that printer (which is now the last one used) as the default printer, and keep it as default unless you RDP into the computer and use a different printer for a print job. That different printer would then become the default printer.

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I don’t want to contradict you bbearen, but it is a problem for us. It’s true, if I can remember to always remember to deselect ‘Printers’ when I RDP, it won’t be a problem. I understand what you suggested, but it causes a real problem with Microsoft Access. We use Microsoft Access for our database, and unless you go in to each report and manually set a printer to be used all the time, Access goes with the default printer. When a report is set to print on a Letter sized piece of paper and suddenly you are trying to print to a label, it causes problems.

I have yet to see any benefit in this new option MS placed in W10.

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I already have the “Let Windows manage my default printer” option turned off. Does anyone have an idea for me?

Turn it on.

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See if the last post at User’s default printers reset every session on Terminal Services helps. The description of the policy in gpedit.msc seems like it might be what you want.

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I have a very irritating situation with my computer. If I remote in to it, my default printer gets reset. It resets to the first printer (alphabetically in the port name) in the list, which is a Zebra label printer and it really messes things up. I think it’s a bug in Windows 10 with RDP. I already have the “Let Windows manage my default printer” option turned off. Does anyone have an idea for me?

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OMG that is exactly the situation I am having. It has been bugging me for some time now. What I hate is that when I come in to work and want to print something like an email, my default printer has been changed to the Zebra label printer!

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