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Helping with deleting printers
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Function Remove-PrintersFromComputers { | |
<# | |
Remove-PrintersFromComputers -PrinterToExclude "Printer1, Printer2, *Printer4*" -ComputerName "Computer1" | |
#> | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
Param( | |
[String]$ComputerName = "localhost", | |
[String]$PrinterToExclude | |
) | |
#Fill out Needed modules here | |
$NeededModules = "PrintManagement, microsoft.powershell.management" | |
# Here you need to fill out the register path. | |
$RegPath = "" | |
foreach ($module in $NeededModules.Split(",").Trim()) { | |
Get-Module $module | |
} | |
Foreach ($Computer in $ComputerName.Split(",").Trim()) { | |
Write-Host "Removing printers from $Computer..." | |
try { | |
Get-Printer -ComputerName $Computer | Where-Object { $_.Name -notlike $PrinterToExclude -and $_.Network -eq "True" } | Remove-Printer | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Error "$($PSItem.Exception)" | |
continue | |
} | |
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Computer -Scriptblock { | |
Param( | |
$RegPath, | |
$PrinterToExclude | |
) | |
Try { | |
Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath | Where-Object { $_.Name -notlike $PrinterToExclude -and $_.Network -eq "True" } | Remove-ItemProperty | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Error "$($PSItem.Exception)" | |
continue | |
} | |
} -ArgumentList $RegPath, $PrinterToExclude | |
try { | |
Write-Host "Restarting spooler service..." | |
Restart-Service -ComputerName $Computer -Name 'Spooler' | |
do { | |
Write-Host 'Waiting for spooler service to restart...' | |
Start-Sleep -s 1 | |
} while (Get-Service -ComputerName $Computer -Name spooler -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | |
Write-Host "Spooler is now restarted!" -ForegroundColor Green | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Error "$($PSItem.Exception)" | |
continue | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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