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When you open Devices and Printers applet, it may show up as an empty folder although the devices are correctly connected and their drivers are intact. This can be due to several reasons, and the possible causes (with appropriate fixes) are discussed in this post.

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Weve observed that Devices and Printers folder can appear blank if one of these is true: Print Spooler Service is not running Bluetooth Support Service is not running Missing DLL registrations. Use these steps to resolve the problem. Step 1: Enable the Print Spooler and Bluetooth Support Service Click Start, type services.msc and press {ENTER} Double-click Print Spooler and set its start type to Automatic Click Start to start the service, and click OK. Double-click Bluetooth Support Service and set its start type to Manual Click Start to start the service, and click OK. Exit the Services MMC. Did you get any error messages when enabling the above services? Post it in Comments section of this article. Open Devices and Printers page to check if the problem persists. You may even try restarting Windows and checking it again. If the issue continues to occur, proceed to the next step. Step 2: Registering the DLLs Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. Type the following command, and press {ENTER} regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\ieproxy.dl"

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Step 3: Fixing the XML Registration Download msxml6.zip, unzip the archive and run the enclosed REG file. This should restore the missing MSXML6 DLL registration entries. Restart Windows and check if Devices and Printers opens correctly.

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Delivered by FeedBurner 6 Comments Kailesh Bhalani said this on Friday, April 5th 2013 12:49 pm Really great ! It worked for me. Earlier I have tried a lot but I was unable to get rid of this issue. Thanks a lot !! Csb said this on Wednesday, January 16th 2013 7:28 am Great ! it worked for me. dave said this on Wednesday, January 9th 2013 4:27 pm Didnt work for me Im afraid. In the event viewer, theres errors related to the user profile service Windows cannot load classes registry file. DETAIL The system cannot find the file specified. unfortunately it doesnt seem to specify which reg key & those in the fix on this page are present & correct. This may of course just be because Ive tried to open devices & printers & not be the original cause but if I could download sysinternals regview, I might be able to find the missing class key. ivan said this on Wednesday, November 21st 2012 3:08 am thank you friend its work for me good post Joseph said this on Tuesday, November 20th 2012 1:59 am After scouring the internet and trying everything I found, this was the only solution that worked for me. I have an upgraded vista HP business 8510p, Windows 7 x64, CPU 2.2, 6G ram with numerous wired and wireles wifi anid BT network printers and devices. Also an old gateway laptop XP on network as well.. I suspect this is the most definitive solution and hope it is more widely distributed. for many others who seem to be having this problem. Thank you very very much Ramesh. I have been trying to fix this for about 2 months. Is there anything you can recommend to prevent this from happening again? Joseph Al Drillick said this on Wednesday, October 24th 2012 6:21 am It solved the problem for me. All other solutions found online just have what you called step 1. What I needed was your step 2 & 3.

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