Acrobat X Version 10 - Print Dialog.

Hi, we upgraded from version 9 to 10 and since, when go to print a pdf, the print dialog box comes up with default printer selected as normal but when click on printer dropdown list, the order that other printers are in makes no sense.  They are not sort by name or anything that we can make since of so a pain to find the printer you are looking for.  Tried opening Printers under Windows control panel and sort there but nothing so far seems to work.  Any ideas?   Thanks, Joe

Is the order the same in any other application? If so, then it is likely a Windows problem and not Acrobat.

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