Prevent network printers from reinstalling themselves

[Miles]

I've deleted unwanted printers from Control Panel -> Printers and Faxes.

I've unchecked "Automatically search for network folders and printers"
in explorer files and folders advanced settings.

Yet, every time I restart the PC, the unwanted printers are back again.

How can I stop this?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Did you correctly uninstall them?

http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article One.htm

Up to and including Step 5.

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

Are these networked printers? Were the printers originally added using a
script? Is there a logon script that adds these for you?

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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[Miles]

Are these networked printers? Were the printers originally added using a
script? Is there a logon script that adds these for you?

Yes they are network printers.

It could well be a logon script. How do I find out? Can I stop the
script from running?

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

You will need to ask your network administrator.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Miles]

You will need to ask your network administrator.

If *they* were any use I wouldn't be posting here in the first place...

Anyway, I've sort of resolved my issue. I've found a quick and dirty vbs
script to run at startup, which removes the unwanted printers. There's
probably a much more elaborate way to achieve this, but this works for
me.

In case it will help anyone else, here is the script:

Option Explicit
Dim objNetwork, strUNCPrinter
strUNCPrinter = "\\[server name]\[printer name]"

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") WScript.sleep 20000
objNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection strUNCPrinter