Hello Brock,
Thank you for your post.
I have performed some research. I found that we can also use "rundll32
printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" to delete the network printer connections. We can
use the following commands:
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /c \\oldserver /n \\oldserver\printer1
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /c \\oldserver /n \\oldserver\printer2
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /c \\oldserver /n \\oldserver\printer3
I have tested the above commands and they worked well.
As an alternative, we can also use VB Script to delete network printers.
Here is a sample:
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
PrinterPath = "\\oldserver\printer1"
WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection PrinterPath, true, true
PrinterPath = "\\oldserver\printer2"
WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection PrinterPath, true, true
However, please notice that we need to delete the existing printers one by
one. We cannot delete a batch of network printers by using one "rundll32
printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" command.
Personlly, I think that con2prt is an easier solution. Could you let me
know why you prefer "rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" to con2prt? Is it
because you don't want to call additional utility on the network?
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I am trying to write a batch file to remove all network printer connections
to one print server and then add printers from a new server. I have started
to use the "rundll32 printui.dll, PrintUIEntry" command, but I cannot figure
out how to have it remove all the connections on the local machine the batch
file is run on. So instead, I am using con2prt, but I don't want to use
this command if I don't have to. Here is an example of my batch:
\\server\share\con2prt.exe /f
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /in /n\\server\printer1
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n\\server\printer2
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n\\server\printer3
I would prefer to use the rundll32 command for the entire file. Anyone able
to help on this?
