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by pkak1978

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I have been trying to install a printer on a windows 95 based desk top which has already got some few other printer drivers installed. So as usual,I followed the folowing steps;
Start|Settings|Control Panel|Printers|Add Printer
But upon double clicking the Add Printer icon
nothing happens

I tried double clicking on other icons in the control panel but realised that a few of them
donot also open.

Any help on how to get over this problem without re-installing windows?

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by dmiles

Open the printers folder and delete all printers.
Reboot computer and start in safe mode,go to Device Manager panel and delete all printers there
Reboot to Windows without startup disk and start with reinstalling the printers
You are probaly reinstalling over corrupt files in the registry,now you should be able to start fresh

by pkak1978

Thanks for the effort. But unfortunately this PC will not even allow me to delete any
printer, because when in the printer folder I select any printer and hit the delete key
nothing happens.

Peter

by ann777

Let me add one more thing here:

Before deleting any printers from the Printers folder -- you should go to Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs and remove any printer installs from there first.

Some printers require a software setup and thus, when you remove them from the folder, you aren't really getting rid of all the files that may have been corrupted.

by pkak1978

Thanks for the effort. But unfortunately this PC will not even allow me to delete any
printer, because when in the printer folder I select any printer and hit the delete key
nothing happens. So the problem still remains

Peter

by rozailan_juih

why don't u get the driver for the printer from CD or download from the net. then try to install it without click on the add printer icon.

by rramirez

Please give this a try. Hook up your printer and let the windows system either 1. automatically detec the printer or 2. run the add new hardware and follow the instructions given by the printer wizard. I hope that this helps.

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