I accidentally deleted Microsoft XPS Document Writer to printers and faxes. How can I put it back?

How to accidentally deleted Microsoft XPS Document Writer

Hello SteveJWV,

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If you download the XPS Essentials Pack, this will allow you to completely uninstall the XPS Essentials Pack. Then simply run the installation program again to restore the XPS Document Writer.

XPS Essentials Pack

Hope that helps, I look forward to hearing from you.

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