I just run it from the batch file which runs the DOS app. Rather than have it persistent I delete it first and reinitialise it each time. That way we seem to get fewer problems with the print spooler.

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>>>You can run a command like the following from a command prompt (or login script, .CMD file, whatever) to redirect DOS LPT port(s) to network print queues:

NET USE LPT1 \\ServerName\QueueName /persistent:y

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>>isn't that just for Novell? If not, its the one thing I haven't tried...
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>No, I don't mean to run this from the VFP Command Window (although according to David it might work). Run it from a Windows command window ("DOS prompt") or execute a .CMD or .BAT via VFP RUN.
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>There should also be an API call that does the same thing e.g. WNetAddConnection2: http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?group=89&function=597