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I have an XP machine with multiple profiles. These profiles sometimes have different printers mapped to each user. Example:




  • User A has network printer 1, 2 and 5 mapped. Printer 2 is default.

  • User B has network printer 1, 4 and 8 mapped. Printer 4 is default.

  • User C has network printer 2 mapped. Printer 2 is default.


My ideal would be to poll each and every user on the machine, list all the printers they have mapped, and then strip out the duplicates so that I have a list of unique printers mapped to the machine. Ideally I'd like to see which was defaulted most often, but that's totally optional. The list then would look like:



Machine.Old

- Printer 1
- Printer 2 [Defaulted most often]
- Printer 4
- Printer 5
- Printer 8


I would then like to restore the entire list of printers to each user on their new machine. They are migrating to a new windows 7 machine.



I've figured out how to do this for single user machines, with the following code:



Echo exporting printers
reg export HKCUPrintersConnections %~d0%username%printers.reg
net use >%~d0%username%mappings.txt

Echo Importing Printers
reg import %~d0%username%printers.reg


The problem is that this works for only one user. I have an admin account, and I would like to get this to work all at once for a multiprofile machine.










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  • Can't you just repeat what you have for a single user for all the user subfolders in C:Documents and Settings? You might want to leave certain harcoded ones out, though, such as Guest.
    – martineau
    Dec 11 '12 at 17:54










  • In the restore I can do that, although it would be nice to get all of them mapped at once. It's mainly the backup that's the problem. I need all the users to have all the printers, and sometimes a user that rarely logged onto this machine might have no printers mapped when they will need some.
    – Wyko
    Dec 11 '12 at 18:13
















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I have an XP machine with multiple profiles. These profiles sometimes have different printers mapped to each user. Example:




  • User A has network printer 1, 2 and 5 mapped. Printer 2 is default.

  • User B has network printer 1, 4 and 8 mapped. Printer 4 is default.

  • User C has network printer 2 mapped. Printer 2 is default.


My ideal would be to poll each and every user on the machine, list all the printers they have mapped, and then strip out the duplicates so that I have a list of unique printers mapped to the machine. Ideally I'd like to see which was defaulted most often, but that's totally optional. The list then would look like:



Machine.Old

- Printer 1
- Printer 2 [Defaulted most often]
- Printer 4
- Printer 5
- Printer 8


I would then like to restore the entire list of printers to each user on their new machine. They are migrating to a new windows 7 machine.



I've figured out how to do this for single user machines, with the following code:



Echo exporting printers
reg export HKCUPrintersConnections %~d0%username%printers.reg
net use >%~d0%username%mappings.txt

Echo Importing Printers
reg import %~d0%username%printers.reg


The problem is that this works for only one user. I have an admin account, and I would like to get this to work all at once for a multiprofile machine.










share|improve this question
























  • Can't you just repeat what you have for a single user for all the user subfolders in C:Documents and Settings? You might want to leave certain harcoded ones out, though, such as Guest.
    – martineau
    Dec 11 '12 at 17:54










  • In the restore I can do that, although it would be nice to get all of them mapped at once. It's mainly the backup that's the problem. I need all the users to have all the printers, and sometimes a user that rarely logged onto this machine might have no printers mapped when they will need some.
    – Wyko
    Dec 11 '12 at 18:13














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I have an XP machine with multiple profiles. These profiles sometimes have different printers mapped to each user. Example:




  • User A has network printer 1, 2 and 5 mapped. Printer 2 is default.

  • User B has network printer 1, 4 and 8 mapped. Printer 4 is default.

  • User C has network printer 2 mapped. Printer 2 is default.


My ideal would be to poll each and every user on the machine, list all the printers they have mapped, and then strip out the duplicates so that I have a list of unique printers mapped to the machine. Ideally I'd like to see which was defaulted most often, but that's totally optional. The list then would look like:



Machine.Old

- Printer 1
- Printer 2 [Defaulted most often]
- Printer 4
- Printer 5
- Printer 8


I would then like to restore the entire list of printers to each user on their new machine. They are migrating to a new windows 7 machine.



I've figured out how to do this for single user machines, with the following code:



Echo exporting printers
reg export HKCUPrintersConnections %~d0%username%printers.reg
net use >%~d0%username%mappings.txt

Echo Importing Printers
reg import %~d0%username%printers.reg


The problem is that this works for only one user. I have an admin account, and I would like to get this to work all at once for a multiprofile machine.










share|improve this question















I have an XP machine with multiple profiles. These profiles sometimes have different printers mapped to each user. Example:




  • User A has network printer 1, 2 and 5 mapped. Printer 2 is default.

  • User B has network printer 1, 4 and 8 mapped. Printer 4 is default.

  • User C has network printer 2 mapped. Printer 2 is default.


My ideal would be to poll each and every user on the machine, list all the printers they have mapped, and then strip out the duplicates so that I have a list of unique printers mapped to the machine. Ideally I'd like to see which was defaulted most often, but that's totally optional. The list then would look like:



Machine.Old

- Printer 1
- Printer 2 [Defaulted most often]
- Printer 4
- Printer 5
- Printer 8


I would then like to restore the entire list of printers to each user on their new machine. They are migrating to a new windows 7 machine.



I've figured out how to do this for single user machines, with the following code:



Echo exporting printers
reg export HKCUPrintersConnections %~d0%username%printers.reg
net use >%~d0%username%mappings.txt

Echo Importing Printers
reg import %~d0%username%printers.reg


The problem is that this works for only one user. I have an admin account, and I would like to get this to work all at once for a multiprofile machine.







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  • Can't you just repeat what you have for a single user for all the user subfolders in C:Documents and Settings? You might want to leave certain harcoded ones out, though, such as Guest.
    – martineau
    Dec 11 '12 at 17:54










  • In the restore I can do that, although it would be nice to get all of them mapped at once. It's mainly the backup that's the problem. I need all the users to have all the printers, and sometimes a user that rarely logged onto this machine might have no printers mapped when they will need some.
    – Wyko
    Dec 11 '12 at 18:13


















  • Can't you just repeat what you have for a single user for all the user subfolders in C:Documents and Settings? You might want to leave certain harcoded ones out, though, such as Guest.
    – martineau
    Dec 11 '12 at 17:54










  • In the restore I can do that, although it would be nice to get all of them mapped at once. It's mainly the backup that's the problem. I need all the users to have all the printers, and sometimes a user that rarely logged onto this machine might have no printers mapped when they will need some.
    – Wyko
    Dec 11 '12 at 18:13
















Can't you just repeat what you have for a single user for all the user subfolders in C:Documents and Settings? You might want to leave certain harcoded ones out, though, such as Guest.
– martineau
Dec 11 '12 at 17:54




Can't you just repeat what you have for a single user for all the user subfolders in C:Documents and Settings? You might want to leave certain harcoded ones out, though, such as Guest.
– martineau
Dec 11 '12 at 17:54












In the restore I can do that, although it would be nice to get all of them mapped at once. It's mainly the backup that's the problem. I need all the users to have all the printers, and sometimes a user that rarely logged onto this machine might have no printers mapped when they will need some.
– Wyko
Dec 11 '12 at 18:13




In the restore I can do that, although it would be nice to get all of them mapped at once. It's mainly the backup that's the problem. I need all the users to have all the printers, and sometimes a user that rarely logged onto this machine might have no printers mapped when they will need some.
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To access the registry keys of the other users on the system you will have to load the registry hive per each user. See reg /? The user's hive file NTUser.dat will be located at the base of each user's directory. C:Documents and Settings<User>NTUser.dat. Note that it is a hidden system file.



I do not have the time to create an entire report, but here is how to export the printers for all of the users. This will loop through every user directory, load their registry hive, and export the printers to a user directory at the base of the drive.



@echo off
pushd "C:Documments and Settings"
for /d %%A in (*) do call :ExportPrinters "%%~dpnA" "%~d0%%~nA"
popd
goto End


:ExportPrinters <UserDir> <Target>
setlocal
set "xUserDir=%~1"
set "xTarget=%~2"
if not defined xUserDir goto :eof
if not exist "%xUserDir%" goto :eof
if not defined xTarget goto :eof
if not exist "%xTarget%" goto :eof
reg load "HKUTempHive" "%xUserDir%NTUser.dat"
reg export "HKUTempHivePrintersConnections" "%xTarget%printers.reg"
reg unload "HKUTempHive"
endlocal
goto :eof


:End
pause





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    To access the registry keys of the other users on the system you will have to load the registry hive per each user. See reg /? The user's hive file NTUser.dat will be located at the base of each user's directory. C:Documents and Settings<User>NTUser.dat. Note that it is a hidden system file.



    I do not have the time to create an entire report, but here is how to export the printers for all of the users. This will loop through every user directory, load their registry hive, and export the printers to a user directory at the base of the drive.



    @echo off
    pushd "C:Documments and Settings"
    for /d %%A in (*) do call :ExportPrinters "%%~dpnA" "%~d0%%~nA"
    popd
    goto End


    :ExportPrinters <UserDir> <Target>
    setlocal
    set "xUserDir=%~1"
    set "xTarget=%~2"
    if not defined xUserDir goto :eof
    if not exist "%xUserDir%" goto :eof
    if not defined xTarget goto :eof
    if not exist "%xTarget%" goto :eof
    reg load "HKUTempHive" "%xUserDir%NTUser.dat"
    reg export "HKUTempHivePrintersConnections" "%xTarget%printers.reg"
    reg unload "HKUTempHive"
    endlocal
    goto :eof


    :End
    pause





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      To access the registry keys of the other users on the system you will have to load the registry hive per each user. See reg /? The user's hive file NTUser.dat will be located at the base of each user's directory. C:Documents and Settings<User>NTUser.dat. Note that it is a hidden system file.



      I do not have the time to create an entire report, but here is how to export the printers for all of the users. This will loop through every user directory, load their registry hive, and export the printers to a user directory at the base of the drive.



      @echo off
      pushd "C:Documments and Settings"
      for /d %%A in (*) do call :ExportPrinters "%%~dpnA" "%~d0%%~nA"
      popd
      goto End


      :ExportPrinters <UserDir> <Target>
      setlocal
      set "xUserDir=%~1"
      set "xTarget=%~2"
      if not defined xUserDir goto :eof
      if not exist "%xUserDir%" goto :eof
      if not defined xTarget goto :eof
      if not exist "%xTarget%" goto :eof
      reg load "HKUTempHive" "%xUserDir%NTUser.dat"
      reg export "HKUTempHivePrintersConnections" "%xTarget%printers.reg"
      reg unload "HKUTempHive"
      endlocal
      goto :eof


      :End
      pause





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        To access the registry keys of the other users on the system you will have to load the registry hive per each user. See reg /? The user's hive file NTUser.dat will be located at the base of each user's directory. C:Documents and Settings<User>NTUser.dat. Note that it is a hidden system file.



        I do not have the time to create an entire report, but here is how to export the printers for all of the users. This will loop through every user directory, load their registry hive, and export the printers to a user directory at the base of the drive.



        @echo off
        pushd "C:Documments and Settings"
        for /d %%A in (*) do call :ExportPrinters "%%~dpnA" "%~d0%%~nA"
        popd
        goto End


        :ExportPrinters <UserDir> <Target>
        setlocal
        set "xUserDir=%~1"
        set "xTarget=%~2"
        if not defined xUserDir goto :eof
        if not exist "%xUserDir%" goto :eof
        if not defined xTarget goto :eof
        if not exist "%xTarget%" goto :eof
        reg load "HKUTempHive" "%xUserDir%NTUser.dat"
        reg export "HKUTempHivePrintersConnections" "%xTarget%printers.reg"
        reg unload "HKUTempHive"
        endlocal
        goto :eof


        :End
        pause





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        To access the registry keys of the other users on the system you will have to load the registry hive per each user. See reg /? The user's hive file NTUser.dat will be located at the base of each user's directory. C:Documents and Settings<User>NTUser.dat. Note that it is a hidden system file.



        I do not have the time to create an entire report, but here is how to export the printers for all of the users. This will loop through every user directory, load their registry hive, and export the printers to a user directory at the base of the drive.



        @echo off
        pushd "C:Documments and Settings"
        for /d %%A in (*) do call :ExportPrinters "%%~dpnA" "%~d0%%~nA"
        popd
        goto End


        :ExportPrinters <UserDir> <Target>
        setlocal
        set "xUserDir=%~1"
        set "xTarget=%~2"
        if not defined xUserDir goto :eof
        if not exist "%xUserDir%" goto :eof
        if not defined xTarget goto :eof
        if not exist "%xTarget%" goto :eof
        reg load "HKUTempHive" "%xUserDir%NTUser.dat"
        reg export "HKUTempHivePrintersConnections" "%xTarget%printers.reg"
        reg unload "HKUTempHive"
        endlocal
        goto :eof


        :End
        pause






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