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Removing printers from drop down boxes

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by michael.hutz

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Here is the situation. Roughly half my user population using roaming profiles on one subnet, the others use local profiles on another. Each subnet has it?s own primary file/print server. We have recently upgraded some hardware and moved the printers to a separate server. The problem is, when users try to print they still have the old server printers listed in their drop down boxes and it is leading to much confusion. I know that if I go the registry in Hkey_Current_User\Pritners\Connections and delete the printer, they no longer appear in the drop down. I am trying to make a .reg file that I can push to my users, tell them to double click it and have the printers disappear from the drop down. Making desk side visits to every user isn?t feasible due to the 24/7 schedule of the company. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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by frec1

Wouldn't you have to modify the roaming profile? Because it's contains old settings?

FREC

by dc1

One thought (and only if all the users use the same printers) is to create the printers that the users would normally use on your desktop. Export the above mentioned reg key and email it to your users asking them to double click on the key. As faras the preious post regarding the users with roaming profiles they will do this after there profile is downloaded so when they logoff it will update the profile on the server with the config.

Another option is make the reg file and then call it for all users in a login script.

by tamj123

if your running VBscript put these line in your script should do the work:

wshshell.RegDelete "HKCU\Printers\Connections\,,PintServerName,PrinterName\" ' Delete Key ",,PrintServerName,PrinterName"

one line for each of the printer you want to delete.

hope this will help.

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