Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Help with VB script to map printers
If you are using that exact script. Line eight asks for UNCpath3
Line 3 4 specify UNCpath2 change UNCpath2 on line 4 to UNCpath3
hth
Rick
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Below is an example in my environment:
If IsMember("GROUPNAME") Then
MapDrive "G:", "\\SERVER\SHARE$" (I hide all my user shares)
MapDrive "P:", "\\SERVER\SHARE-2$"
gDrive ="G:\"
pDrive ="P:\"
BAHHH! now works for me too! Must have been
a Hotfix MS released recently hehe
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Rich Milburn
MCSE, Microsoft MVP -
Directory Services
Sr Network Analyst, Field Platform Development
Applebee's International, Inc.
Hello Noah,
besides from the
other answers:
Are you planning
on implementing any single Windows Server 2003 R2 in the close future? If yes
then you can use the print-managementconsole which will allow you to publish
printers by group policy to either users or computers and you only
My wsh book shows the command to be
.AddPrinterConnection not .AddWindowsPrinterConnection
HTH
Thanks,
JD
Northrop Grumman
Information Technology
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State Local Solutions
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From: Noah
Actually both are valid.
From: WILLIAMS, J.D.Sent: Wed 07/12/2005 2:31 PMTo: 'ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org'Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Help with _vbscript_ to map printers
My wsh book shows the command to be
.AddPrinterConnection not .AddWindowsPrinterConnection
HTH
Try using Chr(34) instead of quotes for your paths i.e.
UNCpath1
= \\server.abc.private\
Chr(34) HP Color LaserJet 3500 Chr(34)
Chr(34)
is how you get quotes into a string at least its the only way Ive ever
gotten to work my WSH doesnt seem to like the double quotes I see some
I'd guess that you have path problem. Try copying and pasting \\server.abc.private\HP Color LaserJet 3500 , with the quotes, in your start-run box and see if it connects that printer. If it doesn't work then you need to look at the ip name and share name, and double check security permissions.
On
This should work:
UNCpath1 = "\\server.abc.private\"HP Color
LaserJet 3500"""
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Strange. I've never had problems with double
double-quotes in a _vbscript_.
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Quite. And, when I change the script for a
server\printer on my network, it works. The only difference is that I don't
have any printer shares with spaces. Not sure if it would be a big deal.
Along with what Rich said, if you write scripts in Word,
opposed to Notepad, the " character is
Thanks to all for suggestions.
I pasted the path directly into the run line as Paul
suggested. This worked fine and brought up the printer immediately. I then made
the Chr(34) change as Rich suggested. When I did this, it told me the printer
name was wrong. If I add an echo as below,
You shouldn't need the extra quotes in the printer
name/path. The value of the variable is passed in its entirety, it doesn't
get truncated because it contains spaces. Someone else already recommended
trying to connect to the printer from the Run line, I'll second
that.
-Andrew
From:
Try multiPrinter.AddWindowsPrinterConnection \\server.abc.private\HP Color LaserJet 3500etc.Rewrite it all out in a basic text editor like notepad to ensure you aren't getting some hidden character junk.
Btw, I've confirmed in one of my login scripts that has the same line, and it works with a
Ok. The problem appears to be that I was
testing it on the machine that held the shares. I was under the (mistaken)
impression that you could map a network printer on the machine that is sharing
that printer just as you can do with file shares. Guess not. When I tried it
(finally) from a
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Help with VB script to map printers
: my WSH doesn't seem to like the double quotes I see some
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