Tool: reportward 3.7 · 140 KB · 14 Mar 2014 · md5 4484a28026cc · signed ML · back to its row on the shelf

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reportward 3.7

140 KB · 14 Mar 2014 · md5 4484a28026cc · signed ML · shelf 4

windowsfreewarewrites registry

Re-registers the printer driver after a spooler crash.

reportward driver --re-register
2 drivers re-registered, 0 failures

Note from the shelf row: elevated command prompt

Before you install

  • Runs on: Windows. the application must be 4.0.7 to 4.1.6.
  • Space: about 140 KB for the download, plus [WORKING SPACE] while it runs.
  • Rights: an elevated prompt (it writes outside your profile)
  • Know first: [PREREQUISITE] — what has to be true before this tool will run at all.

Download and verify

Take the build for your platform from the [SHARE] and check it against the digest on the shelf row before you unpack anything.

certutil -hashfile reportward-3.7-win64.zip

Expected: 4484a28026cc. The shelf row carries the same digest.

Install

Copy it into place and put it on the path. Nothing here installs a service or a scheduled task.

Windows

Unpack the zip, then:

xcopy reportward-3.7-win64 C:\Tools\reportward /E /I
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Tools\reportward"
reportward --version

Check it worked

Check the version first, then run the one command the tool exists for:

reportward --version
reportward driver --re-register
2 drivers re-registered, 0 failures

Expected output is the line shown above; anything else means [TO DO: write the failure list].

Removing it

Delete the folder and drop the path entry. The tool keeps no state of its own.

rmdir /s /q C:\Tools\reportward

If it goes wrong

  • [KNOWN FAILURE 1] — the usual fixes for this tool have not been written down yet. Add them the second time somebody hits one.
  • Wrong error number or a fault you cannot name: run the tool's own diagnostic first (shelf row).
  • Before any repair that writes to a store, take the export — backoff is the tool for it.