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Not able to name share printer

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Old 02-03-2008   #1 (permalink)
J
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Not able to name share printer

I am using Vista Ultimate. When I try to share a printer I get a message
that the share name already exsist. Where can I go to remove this?
I removed the file and printer sharing then deselected this printer from
sharing. I then turned on file and print sharing when I tried to enable
sharing with this printer that is when I started getting the message.
Old 02-04-2008   #2 (permalink)
Alan Morris [MSFT]
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Re: Not able to name share printer

If this is an upgrade from XP, the printer will not get migrated but the
Server service will migrate the share name information. Take a look under
this registry key for the share name

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\Shares

I don't recall if you have to reboot or not after clearing the stale data.


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>I am using Vista Ultimate. When I try to share a printer I get a message
> that the share name already exsist. Where can I go to remove this?
> I removed the file and printer sharing then deselected this printer from
> sharing. I then turned on file and print sharing when I tried to enable
> sharing with this printer that is when I started getting the message.

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