Print from Windows Explorer right-click menu
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Our installation of Acrobat DC doesn't have an option in the Windows Explorer right-click menu to Print the document.
When Acrobat DC is the default application for opening PDFs, if I right-click on a PDF document there is only an option to Open the file.
However, if Acrobat Reader is the default for opening PDFs, then there is an option to Print in the right-click context menu.
Oddly, the print option actually opens in Acrobat DC instead of Reader to do the printing.
How can we get Acrobat DC to have a Print option in the Explorer right-click context menu, without also installing Reader?
(For context: Our school management system relies on the Print option in Explorer to allows us to print documents stored in it's database. We could print other Office documents and Jpegs, but not PDFs)
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Hi there
Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that.
What is the version of the Win OS you are using? Please check for any missing/pending updates and try updating the OS and reboot the computer once.
Also try to create a new test user profile with full admin rights in Windows and try using the application there and check.
You may also go through the MS discussion that i have found https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/right-click-no-longer-shows-print-as-option-in... and see if that works for you.
Regards
Amal
Amal
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