Why won't rundll batch file command delete printers?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

"connections" to Win98, Unix Samba, and Novell shared printers are actually
local printers.

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

"Pat Furrie" <PatFurrie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B92D4115-6836-4274-A00D-DB721E672AAA@microsoft.com...
> I've been testing out the following line in a batch file on a Windows XP
> machine in an attempt to delete a printer from the comptuer:
>
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /n\\computer8\NEWSLASER2
>
> There is no doubt whatsoever that the computer name and the share name are
> correct, but this always generates the following error:
>
> "Printer connection cannot be removed. Either the printer name was typed
> incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the
server.
> For more information, click Help."
>
> Of course, the help doesn't have anything on the subject, and I know the
> printer name is correctly entered. Also, the printer seems to be
connected
> to the server. (I don't even know why it should care about the
connection,
> just remove the printer from this computer's listings).
>
> The computer which is sharing the printer is a Windows 95 machine. I'm
also
> having the same issue on two Windows 98 SE machines which are both sharing
a
> printer. However, I can successfully delete, using this method, printers
> which are connection to our Windows 2000 Server print server.
>
> Any ideas why this happens, and what I might do to correct it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Pat Furrie
> WESH-TV, Orlando