Print Files directly from File Explorer.

How to Print Files Directly From File Explorer (#A.K.A. Windows Explorer) / How to Print Files without opening it?

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Did you know that you don't have to open a file to print it?
There is a hidden trick by which you can save a significant amount of time.

There is a quick little known trick that lets you to print a document directly from File Explorer (formerly known as Windows Explorer prior to Windows 7) without having to first open its associated program first.

What you need to just simply right-click on the file in File Explorer and select Print from the popup menu.

Lets say you have to print reports for all 50 sales reports in your company. Rather than open each spreadsheet separately and then print, you simply go to File Explorer, hold down the CTRL key while selecting each file you want to print. Right-click and click Print.
 
There can be a question in your mind that how it works?

The way this works is, Windows opens the application associated with each file, prints the file(s), and then immediately closes (usually) the application.

Print Files Directly from Window Explorer.

Note:- If you select multiple file formats / types (e.g. Excel and PDF) at the same time, the Print option will not appear on the right-click menu. So select only same format files or same file types.