Yeah, setup secures the key. But! you can change the ACL on the key so you
can delete it.
I'd only delete the Epson Stylus key
highlight the key, RT click, Permissions , Add
yourcomputername\administrators
Grant full control
Now you can delete the key
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"Jackals" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I disconnect the printer I still get the "Cannot delete ..." error
> (please see original post at bottom here) when I try to delete the
LEPTENUM
> key.
> There are two subkeys to LPTENUM:
> Epson StylusC60
> MicrosoftRawPort
> Each of these has a list of subkeys conisisting of mostly numbers. Should
I
> be deleting all subkeys first, then going for the LPTENUM key?
>
> Thanks, Jack
>
>
>
> "Will Denny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> Try disconnecting the printer then deleting the Registry key.
>
> --
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
> "Jackals" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23hH3%(E-Mail Removed)...
> | I am having the problem with the New Hardware Wizard popping up every
time
> I
> | turn on my Epson C60 printer (in WinXP). I am tired of using the
> workaround
> | (cancelling Wizard) each time. According to KB298370 I should be able to
> fix
> | it by deleting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\LPTENUM
> from
> | the Registry, and then restarting.
> | But it will not allow me to delete the key:
> |
> | "Cannot delete LPTENUM: Error while deleting key."
> | I am doing this with the printer turned off and all other apps closed.
> | What to do? Thanks, Jack
>
>
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