Is there a command that can be used from the command line to output a list of the printers installed and their location, if mapped, to a text file? Or perhaps a program that I can run from the command line that would do this?
Windows – List printers from command line to text file
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If you use Windows Vista or Windows 7 and you didn't want install additional software, you can:
- Open a command-line window (Windows + R, CMD.EXE)
- Type
wmic(Enter) - Type
product get name(Enter)
net use > mapped_drives.txt should dump a list of mapped drives to the text file mapped_drives.txt
Although I tested this on Windows 7, Microsoft says net use will work on Windows XP
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Best Answer
In Windows XP use prntmngr:
In Windows XP SP3 Vista and beyond (you need to install powershell v1 manually) , use PowerShell:
Note: You MAY get an error if you attempt to write the file to C:\ on Vista+, depending on your rights, and how PowerShell was spawned.
For Windows 2000:
The
PrnMngr.vbsfile from XP (located in the/Windows/System32folder) does work on Windows 2000. Just find and copy it over to the 2000 machine from an XP machine and run it with:I found it wouldn't run from my user's desktop for some reason, but when I copied the .VBS to the root of C: it ran fine.