Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP (2016-2022). Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a System Restore Point ...
There is a "Print" option in the context menu in Windows, you don't need to open a document in the program with the file association first. This works with documents, but obviously not in file types ...