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To: E who wrote (27934)	6/30/2002 3:56:51 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110603

I'm not very good at explaining this, but here goes: When I get that message, it usually means that a couple of shortcut/program folders were left behind. Try clicking on START and then "Programs" and look there. You might also run a check for files named "oki" and then see who the author is by right-clicking on properties.

To: E who wrote (27934)	6/30/2002 4:03:47 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110603

E, I haven't been following the story, so take my advice with a grain of salt. If the Okidata printer was added by you at some point in the past, the files that were installed will all likely have been created or modified on that date. You can search for files on Windows based on last date modified, so that might be one way to find all of the files that were part of the install. (In Windows 98/ME, go to Start, then Search, then For Files and Folders, then check the box for "Date" under "Search Options" and restict the date to the date of the other Okidata files). I'm not sure why you need to get rid of them all, if you install the HP printer and make it the default, it may work well enough. Sorry I couldn't be more specific. My summer weekends (and many of the weeks) are not spent online very much, so I don't keep up with the threads this time of year.

To: E who wrote (27934)	6/30/2002 9:09:19 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110603

The recent posts about manually removing a printer prove how infectious curiosity can be. Since this is the type of work few people perform with any regularity, I wouldn’t be surprised if a bit of trial and error mixed with conjecture gets applied to the problem. I examined how Windows welcomed my printer, an ancient Epson 9 pin, LX-800. First, I went through the motions of installing it. Windows provided a wizard to automate the process. This was my first clue that printer installation isn’t simple. I then checked the registry. Searching the registry for “Epson”, returned a number of keys. The following key proved the most interesting. Most sub-keys seem straight forward except for “Dependent Files” and it’s odd list of hex values. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows 4.0\Drivers\Epson LX-800] "Configuration File"="EPSON9.DRV" "Data File"="EPSON9.DRV" "Driver"="EPSON9.DRV" "Version"=dword:00000400 "Monitor"="" "Datatype"="EMF" "Help File"="UNIDRV.HLP" "Dependent Files"=hex:6d,73,70,72,69,6e,74,33,2e,63,61,74,00,45,50,53,4f,4e,39, 2e,44,52,56,00,55,4e,49,44,52,56,2e,44,4c,4c,00,55,4e,49,44,52,56,2e,48,4c, 50,00,44,4d,43,4f,4c,4f,52,2e,44,4c,4c,00,49,43,4f,4e,4c,49,42,2e,44,4c,4c, 00,00 Converting the chain of hex values to their ASCII equivalents gives the following text string: msprint3.cat EPSoN9.DRV UNIDRV.DLL UNIDRV.HLP DMCoLoR.DLL ICoNLIB.DLL It’s tempting to comment on Windows mixture of capital and lower case letters. Interestingly, all these files can be found on my system. I assume, and I must emphasise that this is my assumption, that only the Epson9.DRV deals specifically with my chosen printer. The others appear to be universal .DLL or Icon files. (Look into the icon library and you’ll see dozens of ‘paper’ and ‘envelope’ images.) Since there appears to be a mixture of specific and universal files, an automated un-installer will (wisely) not remove them all. This (wise) action will trigger the “We didn’t get rid of all the files” warning message. The tiny bit of disk space occupied by a few unused printer drivers extracts a small penalty compared to the punishment meted out when a critical file gets removed accidentally. Do yourself a favour and accept the automated un-installation’s judgement. Feel free to install the new printer. The install wizard will put the necessary files in the required locations. Cheers, PW.