Printers showing up in Windows 7 Explorer

http://i.imgur.com/HoQVp.png

I think I remember enabling this. I would now like to disable it.

I don't want my printers listed when displaying a network drive.

Thanks

On 10/6/2011 23:25, Metspitzer wrote:
> http://i.imgur.com/HoQVp.png
>
> I think I remember enabling this. I would now like to disable it.
>
> I don't want my printers listed when displaying a network drive.
>
> Thanks

Well, do not share your printers.
Right-click printer, select Shared.

On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:24:25 -0400, Vic RR Garcia
<> wrote:

>On 10/6/2011 23:25, Metspitzer wrote:
>> http://i.imgur.com/HoQVp.png
>>
>> I think I remember enabling this. I would now like to disable it.
>>
>> I don't want my printers listed when displaying a network drive.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>Well, do not share your printers.
>Right-click printer, select Shared.

I want the printers shared (they are on another machine) I just don't
want them on the list. Or at least, in another category.

Why should they be there anyway?

"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:24:25 -0400, Vic RR Garcia
> <> wrote:
>
>>On 10/6/2011 23:25, Metspitzer wrote:
>>> http://i.imgur.com/HoQVp.png
>>>
>>> I think I remember enabling this. I would now like to disable it.
>>>
>>> I don't want my printers listed when displaying a network drive.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>Well, do not share your printers.
>>Right-click printer, select Shared.
>
> I want the printers shared (they are on another machine) I just don't
> want them on the list. Or at least, in another category.

So you want the printers to be "shared resources" but don't want them to
show up in a list of "Shared resources"?

> Why should they be there anyway?

Cause that's the place where shared resources are displayed.

One thing you can try, I haven't tried it with printers, is to make the last
character of the share name a dollar sign ($). With file shares that makes
them invisible.

"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:24:25 -0400, Vic RR Garcia
> <> wrote:
>
>>On 10/6/2011 23:25, Metspitzer wrote:
>>> http://i.imgur.com/HoQVp.png
>>>
>>> I think I remember enabling this. I would now like to disable it.
>>>
>>> I don't want my printers listed when displaying a network drive.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>Well, do not share your printers.
>>Right-click printer, select Shared.
>
> I want the printers shared (they are on another machine) I just
> don't
> want them on the list. Or at least, in another category.
>
> Why should they be there anyway?

They are there because you are showing the shared resources on a
machine. Not sure why you don't think they should show since they are
shared resources, just like the shared drives / folders. And, they've
shown when browsing to a networked machine in every version of Windows
I can remember.

Regardless, I do not know of a way to turn off that behavior.

--
Zaphod

Voted "Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe" for seven
years in a row.

On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:39:51 -0400, "Zaphod Beeblebrox"
<> wrote:

>
>"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:24:25 -0400, Vic RR Garcia
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>On 10/6/2011 23:25, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>> http://i.imgur.com/HoQVp.png
>>>>
>>>> I think I remember enabling this. I would now like to disable it.
>>>>
>>>> I don't want my printers listed when displaying a network drive.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>Well, do not share your printers.
>>>Right-click printer, select Shared.
>>
>> I want the printers shared (they are on another machine) I just
>> don't
>> want them on the list. Or at least, in another category.
>>
>> Why should they be there anyway?
>
>They are there because you are showing the shared resources on a
>machine. Not sure why you don't think they should show since they are
>shared resources, just like the shared drives / folders. And, they've
>shown when browsing to a networked machine in every version of Windows
>I can remember.
>
>Regardless, I do not know of a way to turn off that behavior.

I was hoping you could, at least, group them so that the data folders
are in one group and the printers are in another.

Thanks

"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:39:51 -0400, "Zaphod Beeblebrox"
> <> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:24:25 -0400, Vic RR Garcia
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 10/6/2011 23:25, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>> http://i.imgur.com/HoQVp.png
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I remember enabling this. I would now like to disable
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't want my printers listed when displaying a network drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Well, do not share your printers.
>>>>Right-click printer, select Shared.
>>>
>>> I want the printers shared (they are on another machine) I just
>>> don't
>>> want them on the list. Or at least, in another category.
>>>
>>> Why should they be there anyway?
>>
>>They are there because you are showing the shared resources on a
>>machine. Not sure why you don't think they should show since they
>>are
>>shared resources, just like the shared drives / folders. And,
>>they've
>>shown when browsing to a networked machine in every version of
>>Windows
>>I can remember.
>>
>>Regardless, I do not know of a way to turn off that behavior.
>
> I was hoping you could, at least, group them so that the data
> folders
> are in one group and the printers are in another.
>

I don't know of a way off the top of my head and I don't have a
networked Windows 7 machine to hand for experimenting at the moment,
sorry.

--
Zaphod

Voted "Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe" for seven
years in a row.