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Date:	Thu, 4 May 2006 13:59:56 -0700
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: uninstalling printers

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Zdenek Jizba wrote:
> How do you uninstall printers. I have never seen
> a less helpful HELP than the instructions to delete
> printers. When I manage to get the printer panel
> to show ONLY the "install a printer" icon, and
> try to install a printer, lo and behold there seem to
> already exist three copies of the printer I want to
> install, but they are tied to two copies of a printer
> I installed by error and want to delete. When I
> click on the icon of one of the unwanted printers
> and select DELETE, there is a message that
> deletion cannot proceed until this printer gets
> disconnected to all the others. The HELP gives
> instructions to select the PROPERTIES of the
> connected printers and to DESELECT them.
> Fine, but there IS NO line in the properties to
> do that!

What you need is prndrv.exe, from the now defunct KellerGroup, makers of
PMFax. Hard to find, so I will send you a copy privately. This utility
can remove ALL printer definitions, so use it with care.

HTH

--
Tom Brown, Catherder
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E. & SDAA

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