Windows 10 Add a printer- window flashes on the screen then immediately closes/window pops up then disappears.

After my firmware of the Laptop/PC was updated and restarted, I tried to print something. However all my printers which were added earlier disappeared from the Printers and Devices List. Only the ones default in Windows were there like onenote, etc.

So i thought of adding a printer, upon clicking the Add a printer button, a window/dialog would flash on the screen and then would immediately disappear. After doing a bit of googling I found below solution as below

  1. Open Services by typing in cmd services.msc
  2. Find the Service DEVICE ASSOCIATION SERVICE.
  3. Enable/Start this service

You can then Add a Printer as normal !!!

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