BUG: Print Processors Will Not Be Deleted with DeletePrintPro

ID: Q151887

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) Windows 95

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 
Version           : 4.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: March 5, 1999