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Delete printer on PC pointing to old print server using login script

Greetings EE! I am migrating the print service from a Windows 2003 server to a Windows 2008 server. The print queue migration is nearing completion but one piece needs to be worked through. Our users get their printers via a printer mapping script (printer.bat) called during the running of the login script.

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To make this a little easier, how can I delete out the printers that are installed on the users PC that point to the old print server?

cantoris

Can you show us some of the script?

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Lionel MM

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samiam41

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

REM echo Removing existing printers...
REM   cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -x


echo Connecting Printers...
set PriorityDefaultPrinterSet=0
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=-." %%a in ('n:\ifmember.exe /list ^| find /i "group %UserDomain%\Prt-" ^| sort') do (
  echo Connecting %%b %%c
  rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n\\oldprintserver\%%b
  if not "!PriorityDefaultPrinterSet!" == "0" goto not_def
	echo ...Setting as default printer
	rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n\\oldprintserver\%%b
:not_def
  if /i "%%c"=="D" set PriorityDefaultPrinterSet=1
)

:end

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This is the script that maps the printers based on their group AD membership. I appreciate your help.

Lionel MM

You're welcome.

samiam41

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Brilliant work!!