# Print Driver's Path: Where are they stored?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-drivers-path-where-are-they-stored/134689>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-drivers-path-where-are-they-stored/134689 "2002-10-31T11:23:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-drivers-path-where-are-they-stored/134689/1 "2002-10-31T11:23:57Z")

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I’m looking for the path on the Windows 2000 disk to point my Install Wizard to the correct drivers for my HP Deskjet 722C for proper installation. When I tell the Install Wizard to find them, it says it can’t find them. However, I believe it is only looking in the root directory…in other words, it’s missing the sub-directories (folders).

I’m, asking because I really don’t want to BUY a new printer when this one SHOULD be “working and playing nicely” with Windows 2000.

I need the path…brute force guessing is just too inefficient.  
Any ideas where the drivers are usually stored?  
Thanks,  
Jinx

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-drivers-path-where-are-they-stored/134689/2 "2002-10-31T11:54:07Z")

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It may be possible that you need to run a setup program in the CD to install the driver.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-drivers-path-where-are-they-stored/134689/3 "2002-10-31T17:24:04Z")

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Question on a related note:  
I shared an HP Deskjet 880c in windows 2000 server, and chose the option to install drivers for other operating systems, windows 98/95. Unfortunately, when I did that, I used the wrong driver.

How do I remove or change the windows 98/95 shared print drivers?

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-drivers-path-where-are-they-stored/134689/4 "2002-10-31T17:27:31Z")

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I know I submitted this before…  
Point it to your I386 (assuming you’re on an intel machine) install files directory. That should work.

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-drivers-path-where-are-they-stored/134689/5 "2002-11-02T01:40:03Z")

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Question for Joe\_Cool: Your suggestion only works for an Intel? I have an IBM Aptiva. Why should the Install Wizard care? Personally, I was expecting to point the Wizard to the CD-Rom disk for Windows 2000…

Can you help me by being a little more explicit?

Thanks from “dummies”,

- Jinx