Why are my printers listed as folders in wwwroot?

[Stan Hilliard]

On my local computer FrontPage's /wwwroot/ folder contains folders
that have the names of my printers. What is their purpose:

Folder Name

MFC9600 -- contains default.htm which contains the text:
<meta http-equiv=Refresh content="0; URL=/scripts/MFC9600/.printer">

HPDESKJET820 -- contains default.htm which contains the text:
<meta http-equiv=Refresh content="0;
URL=/scripts/HPDESKJET820/.printer">
and folder _vti_cnf which contains the following lines of text:
vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl
vti_cachedlinkinfo:VX|H|/scripts/HPDESKJET820/.printer
vti_cachedhastheme:BR|false
vti_cachedhasborder:BR|false
vti_filesize:IX|73
vti_cacheddtm:TX|02 Mar 2001 22:38:48 -0600
vti_backlinkinfo:VX|
vti_cachedhasbots:BR|false
vti_extenderversion:SR|3.0.2.1105
vti_timelastmodified:TR|02 Mar 2001 22:38:48 -0600

HP820CSE -- contains default.htm which contains the text:
<meta http-equiv=Refresh content="0; URL=/scripts/HP820CSE/.printer">

Note, the two folders above refer to the same printer, but have
different contents.


HP0102, contains default.htm which contains the text:
<meta http-equiv=Refresh content="0; URL=/scripts/HP1012/.printer">

There are two other folders that name a printer that I no longer
have..

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

That's not the FrontPage root, that's the root for the IIS web server. It's
actually an option in the IIS setiup. If you're on Windows XP you can see
this option by going to Add/Remove Software | Add/Remove Windows Components,
click the Internet Information Services node and click Details, Select the
World Wide Web Service and click Details. You'll see the option for the
Printer virtual directory.