Installed Printer Driver Information

Posted: 07-22-2008, 01:26 AM
Where are the INF, SYS and DLL files located for an installed printer?


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Re: Installed Printer Driver Information
Posted: 07-23-2008, 12:12 AM
inf in
%windir%\inf

most user mode drivers do not contain sys files


dlls and other files are located in
%windir%\system32\spool\drivers

and directories below.

the spooler will load driver files from
%windir%\system32\spool\drivers\%PROCESSOR_ARCHITE CTURE%\3


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