Re: delete network printers

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 05/05/04


Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 11:59:53 -0600

In article <#JILTNrMEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, "ted medin"
<n6trf@arrl.net> wrote:
>
>"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message
>news:546g90psbeeo0hlpsgrqf0fmuqq520v3eq@4ax.com...
>> In article <udtkaKWMEHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "colleen medin"
>> <cmmedin@netzero.net> wrote:
>> >Installed xp yesterday & ended up with 2 network printers that are no
>longer
>> >there. How does one delete network printers. They were originally on the
>pc
>> >that got updated to xp. Click on printers & fax's & they are not there.
>> >Anyone got any ideas? TIA
>>
>> Open the Printers and Faxes folder, right-click an undesired printer,
>> and click Delete.
>
>Unfortunately they are NOT in that folder. Look in the workgroup & find them
>there :-(. None of our 3 pc's have them in there printer/fax folders.

If the printers no longer exist, they'll automatically go away after a
while. There's no explicit way to remove obsolete entries from My
Network Places.

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