Add Printer and Fax function deleted from control panel in XP

[oslama]

My father accidentally deleted the printer and faxes icon/wizard from the control panel. How can i restore or reinstall it?

I do not want to reinstall XP. Can i use the windows XP cd just to reinstall the print function?

 

[mpilchfamily]

right click the start menue. click on the start menue tab. click customize. click on properties. click on the advance tab. Under start menue items you will find a check box that will add a printer and fax icone to the start menue. click OK then Apply and your all set. The icon will be right under the control panel icon in the start menue.

I don't see how he could have deleted it. If you try to drag it out of the menue it just creats a shortcut. If you click on it and hit delete it won't do anything.

 

[oslama]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
right click the start menue. click on the start menue tab. click customize. click on properties. click on the advance tab. Under start menue items you will find a check box that will add a printer and fax icone to the start menue. click OK then Apply and your all set. The icon will be right under the control panel icon in the start menue.

I had the start menu advance option enabled and he deleted it from the start menu\settings\control panel menu. I want back into the control panel thru explorer and the icon is no longer there.


network setup wizard
Power options
Regional and Language options

Printers and faxes is b/w Power options and Regional and Language options

 

[Athena]

Click Start > Run and type control printers then click OK.

That should display the Printers and Fax folder with the icon to add a new printer in the taskpane. If it doesn't, you're probably going to have to try to repair/re-install Windows.