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More info?)
Thank you for your suggestion. I needed to put back the local port "FILE",
since the port had been remove.
By doing the Add Local Port, I was able to replace the port.
Y.
"Sandeep KT [MSFT]" <v-sandkt@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Would you want to try the following and see if you can get the same
> back
> please let me know if this works for you
>
> How to Print to a Text File
> Device Manager does not have a Save command available for you to save a
> report to a text file. To save a Device Manager report to a text file, you
> must install a generic, text-only printer, and then redirect the Device
> Manager report to this printer.
>
> To print to a text file: 1. Click Start, and then click Printers and
> Faxes.
> 2. Click Add a Printer, and then choose the following options in the
> wizard:a. Click Local Printer.
> b. Click to clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play
> printer check box.
> c. Click Use the Following Port, and then click FILE (Print to file).
> d. Click Generic in the Manufacturer box.
> e. Click Generic / Text Only in the Printers box.
> f. Name the printer.
> g. Click Do not share this printer.
> h. Click No when you are prompted to print a test page.
>
> 3. When you click the printer in the Print dialog box, Windows prompts you
> for a file name.
>
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> | From: "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com>
> | Subject: Lost "Print to file" spooler port option
> | Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:09:24 -0400
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> | How can I retrieve/replace/recover the Windows 2000 (server) "Print to
> file"
> | port in the Windows Print spooler system? It was deleted by accident.
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> | Y.
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