If you get errors in the application eventlog with ID 1116 — Printer auto-creation failure. Reason: AddPrinter() failed with status 0x706, it’s because the print processor is missing for some reason, in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows x64\Print Processors\ In my case it was the “Citrix Print Processor” that was missing. The key has to be created manually …