
Superb description, brilliant troubleshooting and terrific observations made before posting. I reviewed the case regarding issues with the print preview being blank.
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Notebook Hardware and Upgrade Questions. PS: In future, if you decide to restore default settings and enable modern Print Preview UI, delete the new extra text string from Target field in shortcut’s properties and save the changes. Now your web browser will always use classic Print Preview dialog box. Apply the changes and launch Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome using the shortcut. Remember there must be a blank space between existing text string and the appended string.ģ. If you launch Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome from Start Menu, copy and paste following string in RUN dialog box and press Enter key: If the browser shortcut is pinned to Taskbar, right-click on it and again right-click on browse’s name present on the jumplist and select Properties option. Right-click on Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome shortcut on Desktop and select Properties option. You just need to add this parameter to these browsers shortcuts to force them to use classic Print Preview dialog box as mentioned below:ġ. The secret parameter is “ -disable-print-preview” which can be used in both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers. If you also want to bring back classic Print Preview dialog box in Chrome and Edge browsers, following steps will help you: There is a hidden secret command-line parameter which can be used to always use classic Print Preview dialog box in these web browsers. Some people want to force Chrome and Edge browsers to always use system’s classic Print Preview dialog box instead of the default modern Print Preview UI.įortunately, it’s possible to disable modern Print Preview UI and enable classic Print Preview dialog box in both Chrome and Edge browsers.
The classic Print Preview dialog box looks as following in Chrome and Edge browsers:
In fact, users can direct launch system Print Preview dialog box in Chrome and Edge by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P keys together. Is it possible to restore this classic Print Preview dialog in Chromium-based browsers like Chrome and Edge?Īctually Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers also come with a modern redesigned Print Preview UI similar to Firefox and these browsers use this new modern UI by default instead of the system Print Preview dialog box.įollowing screenshots show new modern Print Preview UI present in Chrome and Edge browsers:ĭefault modern Print Preview UI in Google Chrome web browser:ĭefault modern Print Preview UI in Microsoft Edge web browser:Īlthough both these browsers provide a shortcut link to launch classic Print Preview dialog box in the modern UI.