Lost my Generic Text Printer Installation

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George Hester

Hello. I was having trouble setting my default printer to something else
besides the Generic Text Printer. I finally got my normal printer installed
and tried to switch the default printer to that and away from the Generic
Text Printer but it just would not work. So I decided to "delete" the
Generic Text Printer and that is when the troubles began.
It turns out I should have "uninstalled" the Generic Text Printer. As it is
I wanted to put the Generic Text Printer back in but now it will not
install. I get an error. And so it will not appear in Printers off the
Control Panel. So now I am stuck.
Is there a way to manually uninstall the Generic Text Printer? Maybe if I do
that at least partially remove some of its installation information from the
registry or break the installation in some manner I may be able to install
it again? Thanks.
 
Open the Print Server Properties, Driver tab, and have your way with the
Generic Text printer driver. "Add, Remove, Replace"
 
Hello. I was having trouble setting my default printer to something
else besides the Generic Text Printer. I finally got my normal printer
installed and tried to switch the default printer to that and away
from the Generic Text Printer but it just would not work. So I decided
to "delete" the Generic Text Printer and that is when the troubles
began. It turns out I should have "uninstalled" the Generic Text
Printer. As it is I wanted to put the Generic Text Printer back in but
now it will not install. I get an error. And so it will not appear in
Printers off the Control Panel. So now I am stuck.
Is there a way to manually uninstall the Generic Text Printer? Maybe
if I do that at least partially remove some of its installation
information from the registry or break the installation in some manner
I may be able to install it again? Thanks.
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Exactly what error do you get when you use the Add Printers dialog to
create a new print queue using the Generic/Text Only printer driver?
 
It says at the end of the Wizrd "There was an error. Hardware did not
install." Believe me if it said something meaningful I would have told you.
Thanks though.
 
Well there we go. All it had there was the ability for me to Remove the
Generic Print drivers which is what I did. Unfourtunately when I tried to
install it again this time I got no error but nothing new appeared in the
list of Printers. Looks like I hosed that. Thanks anyway.
 
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