Microsoft KB Archive/151887

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BUG: Print Processors Will Not Be Deleted with DeletePrintPro

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Q151887

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
Under Win95, the Win32 API DeletePrintProcessor function will not remove the print processor from the list of installed print processors or remove the print processor from the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

CAUSE
Win95's DeletePrintProcessor does nothing but return TRUE. The print processor that was to be deleted will still show up when the Win32 API EnumPrintProcessors function is called. Also, the print processor .DLL will still be in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

RESOLUTION
The bug has been reported and will not be fixed until the next OPK release of Windows 95. There are a couple of workarounds to removing the print processor .DLL file. One method to remove the print processor .DLL is to boot Win95 with the spooler not running (e.g. boot with no printer shared, and print folder not open). Another method is to shut down Win95 and go to a MS-DOS session and delete the print processor .DLL from the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 4.00 spool subsystem

Keywords : kbDDK kbPrinting

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin95search kbWinDDKSearch kbWin32sSearch kbWin32DDK95 kbWin32DDKSearch