Net unuse not working with XP

[Mike Doty]

NET USE works with capturing printer ports.
NET USE LPT2: \\MACHINENAME\PRINTERSHARE /PERSISTENT:YES
Can't get NET UNUSE to work with XP.
Anyone have the correct command line?
NET UNUSE LPT2: does not work
NET UNUSE LPT2 does not work

Solution:
NET USE LPT2: /DELETE

Note: Never capture to yourself. It works with XP without an error and nothing will print after doing it.
In previous versions this might have produced an error.

[Knuth Konrad]

Note: Never capture to yourself. It works with XP without an error and nothing will print after doing it.
In previous versions this might have produced an error.

It at least does work in W2K and is a trick that we used when having something like a USB-printer installed at a machine. but a program that only supports printing to LPTs (like a DOS program).

Solution: share that USB printer, than capture LPTx to the share and print to that LPT.