If you have multiple printers on your computer, you might want to choose the default printer for the job. Sometimes, however, Windows doesn’t allow for such simple changes and displays an error message stating that “Operation couldn’t be completed (Error code 0x00000709″)”. This is a problem if you need to print many pages. This guide will show you how to quickly fix Windows Error Code 0x00000709 permanently.
What is the default printer error 0x0000070
This error occurs when your printer is not configured correctly or you choose a different printer to be your default printer. This error is usually caused by a problem in your registry settings that makes the printer you have previously set up the default.
This registry must be manually edited in order to correct the problem.
You must ensure that you have backups of any changes made to the registry in case they go wrong.
Backups of the registry are easy:
After opening the registry editor, click File -> Export. Name the registry file (eg backupreg) and then click Save. Open the registry editor once again and click File -> Export. Select the file that you exported previously to import it. You can access the registry editor by following these steps.
How to fix “Unable To Set Default Printer Error Code 0x00000709”
To set up Windows 7, 8, and 10, you can follow these steps. This will fix error 0x00000709 in default printer.
Click the “Start” button to search for’regedit in the search box. Right click on’regedit” and select ‘Run administrator’.
Select ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER” in the Registry Editor window. Inside that choose ‘Software’. Within it, select Microsoft’. Each folder is a subset, as shown below.
Finally, the Registry Editor should look like shown below and at the bottom or top, you should see the following address: ‘computer/HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionWindows’.
Right-click the ‘Windows’ folder, and choose ‘Permissions.
Click on the “Add” button.
Type “everyone” in the box for object names and then click the “Check Names” button.
Select ‘Everyone’ in the Permissions window. Check ‘Full control’ and Read’ checkboxes under the ‘Allow” column. Next, click Apply’ then OK’.
Close Registry Editor program
That’s it!! Now you can make the changes to your Windows Registry.
Restart your computer, and your printer will now be your default printer.
Finally:
Users who have multiple printers on their computer are most likely to experience the Windows Error code 0x00000709. If you follow these steps, you can fix the problem permanently in a matter of minutes.
