HiI installed and configured the Universal Print Service.Is there a way to rename the connector name? Thank you Dario

Dario84 The ability to remove and re-register a Connector is coming soon in a future release of the UP service. Watch for the next release notes regarding the implementation of this feature.

Ciao Giovanni 🙂I can't say precisely, as I looked for "Printconnector" in regedit and removed everything that wasn't involved in the installer keys.I forgot to mention that before everything else, the following procedure must be followed up to the end of "Unregister the connector":https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/universal-print/fundamentals/universal-print-remove-connector-howtoHowever, regarding the registry entries, I think it's enough to remove "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\UniversalPrint" and all its subkeys as they clearly contain the settings.Also, make sure to delete the folder C:\Program Files\PrintConnector, if still existing after the final app removal.

that was it, after removing the connector by Powershell you can't reinstall without removing these registrykeys. After removing these keys I could register and if i wanted rename the connector. Thanks for the quick reply. Much appreciated.

Philip_Demaree Thank you very much. Looking forward to this.

Did this get released at all? Just setting up UP in a Dev environment and would also like to be able to change connector names.

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MaxMorsia
Brass Contributor
Apr 21, 2022
seems like it's still not possible after two years, unfortunately. This could cause issues in switching between testing environment to production
- DanielOD
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 22, 2022
  MaxMorsia
  Similar thing has happened to me.
  Moving from test to production & making a few changes.
  Removed the connector via powershell..
  Reconfigured & setup the service, it works; but no connector appearing in 'Universal Print | Connectors'.
  I'm afraid this may become an issue later in the future with troubleshooting..
  - MaxMorsia
    Brass Contributor
    May 25, 2022
    I've managed by removing the connector in different stages: 1) uninstall the two MSI (connector and updater) via powershell 2) tipically remove the application from windows settings 3) clean the connector folders and the registry entries. After that I've reinstalled the connector and finally I was asked for a connection name which then appeared on Azure.
Nick-S
Copper Contributor
Jul 21, 2021
Did this get released at all? Just setting up UP in a Dev environment and would also like to be able to change connector names.
- Dario84
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 05, 2021
  Nick-S Hi Nick. No I think it's still not posible.
Philip_Demaree
Former Employee
May 18, 2020
Dario84 The ability to remove and re-register a Connector is coming soon in a future release of the UP service. Watch for the next release notes regarding the implementation of this feature.
- Dario84
  Copper Contributor
  May 19, 2020
  Philip_Demaree Thank you very much. Looking forward to this.

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