Cancel Print

[mcp6453]

I accidentally printed a document to a remote printer that is not
available. Canceling or deleting does not delete the print queue. How
can I get rid of it? Task Manager does not permit me to delete the spool
directly. I cannot reboot the machine because of another application
that is running.

 

[Steve Parry]

I accidentally printed a document to a remote printer that is not
available. Canceling or deleting does not delete the print queue. How
can I get rid of it? Task Manager does not permit me to delete the spool
directly. I cannot reboot the machine because of another application
that is running.

Start
Run
type CMD
click OK
<CMD window opens>
type net stop spooler
enter
spooler reports stopped
type net start spooler
enter
type exit
enter

 

[John John]

From a Command Prompt try this:

NET STOP SPOOLER

cd %systemroot%\SYSTEM32\spool\PRINTERS

del *.spl
del *.shd

NET START SPOOLER

That will delete ALL the print jobs. If you only want to delete 1 job
navigate to the folder and delete the corresponding .shd & .spl files.

John

 

[mcp6453]

Start
Run
type CMD
click OK
<CMD window opens>
type net stop spooler
enter
spooler reports stopped
type net start spooler
enter
type exit
enter

Is it possible to run these commands from a batch or command file?

Thanks!

 

[mcp6453]

Same question as to Steve: Can this be run from a batch file?

 

[John John]

Sure, works for me here. Try it and see.

John

Same question as to Steve: Can this be run from a batch file?

 

[Steve Parry]

Is it possible to run these commands from a batch or command file?

Thanks!

yes just create a batch file with
net stop spooler
net start spooler