Cannot Remove Network Printer

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Will Niccolls

I need to delete a network printer from a client. When I do so, I get the
following error:





"Printer connection cannot be removed. Operation can not be completed"



This happens both in the Printers and Faxes menu, and using the command:



rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /dn /n\\machine\printer



Any ideas?



Thanks, Will
 
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Will Niccolls said:
I need to delete a network printer from a client. When I do so, I get
the following error:





"Printer connection cannot be removed. Operation can not be completed"



This happens both in the Printers and Faxes menu, and using the
command:


rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /dn /n\\machine\printer



Any ideas?



Thanks, Will
Click to expand...

Have you tried stopping the print spooler with

net stop spooler

from a CMD prompt

then

net start spooler

to restart it?
 
Whoa. Sorry for the multiple posts. I guess it happened somehow when I
edited the post in my OE outbox to add more info.

Thanks Steve for this but restarting the spooler from the gui or command
line has had no affect. I can delete and add other printers just fine.




Thanks!
 
Will said:
Whoa. Sorry for the multiple posts. I guess it happened somehow when
I edited the post in my OE outbox to add more info.

Thanks Steve for this but restarting the spooler from the gui or
command line has had no affect. I can delete and add other printers
just fine.
Click to expand...

Is the subject printer connected? If so, maybe Windows is detecting and
re-installing it.
 
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