Deleting Printer

D

danielevans

I have 2 copies of the same network printer in my "Printers and faxes"
window. Neither works. I have tried to delete them but they both now
have a status of "deleting".

I have tried stopping and restarting the print spooler.
I have tried deleting the drivers - which won't delete.
There are no print jobs for this printer in the queue however when i
open the print queue window it opens for a second then closes again.

How can i delete these printers?

Thanks in advance

Dan
 
D

Dieter

Hi Dan,

for local printers, delete the corresponding key with regedit at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
then restart the spooler or reboot.

For connection to network printers take a look at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections

Dieter
 

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