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Asked: 2026-05-11T11:20:46+00:00

I have a Visual Basic 6.0 application that needs to recognise when the user

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I have a Visual Basic 6.0 application that needs to recognise when the user changes the Windows default printer via the Control Panel.

Now when the application starts up, ‘Printer.DeviceName’ contains that default printer name…easy.

If you then change the Windows default printer via the control panel, your Visual Basic application won’t recognize the new default until it is restarted.

Is there any way to refresh the Visual Basic Printer object somehow, so your application can recognize the change?

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  1. There’s an easier way. When your application starts, just set the Printer object’s TrackDefault property to True.

    Public Sub Main()      Printer.TrackDefault = True  End Sub

    When the TrackDefault property is True, the Printer object will track changes to the default printer made through the Control Panel automatically.

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