BUG: Print Processors Will Not Be Deleted with DeletePrintPro
PSS ID Number: 151887
Article Last Modified on 9/11/2001
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q151887
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: kbprint KB151887
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