Printer icon not showing Having done this, type regedit in Start Search and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor. Now navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace Right click on NameSpace > New Key. Name the key as: {2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} This is the CLSID for the Printers folder. Now in the right pane, edit the value of ‘Default’ to ‘ Printers ’. Exit Regedit and restart your computer and see if it has helped.