SAMPLE: How To Use Printers with Windows 95 Shell

Last reviewed: December 30, 1997
Article ID: Q153751

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), version 4.0

SUMMARY

The Printers.exe sample demonstrates how to programmatically manipulate printer items in the Windows 95 shell. The sample demonstrates how to enumerate installed printers, how to programmatically launch the Add New Printer Wizard, and how to create shortcuts to installed printers and the Add New Printer Wizard on the desktop. This is accomplished by using combinations of shell functions and OLE.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Printers.exe (size: 40052 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Keywords          : UsrMisc kbprint
Technology        : kbole
Platform          : Win95
Issue type        : kbfile
Solution Type     : kbsample

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Last reviewed: December 30, 1997
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