Windows 7 Print Driver Will Not Delete
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The following package s can not be deleted: spd__.inf x64 This package contains the following driver s that are in use: Samsung Universal Print Driver; This.
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Thank you for the post, it worked great. It can be challenging to race the spooler on removing the drivers, so hopefully this script will help. I used it to remove our HP drivers.
printers get-printerdriver . _.name -like hp
net stop spooler
net start spooler
printers Remove-PrinterDriver
I had to run it a few times to remove all of them.
If you want to target a specific printer driver, you can use
get-printerdriver
to list all of the drivers, and then use the name directly instead of the first line in this script:
printers get-printerdriver . _.name -eq.
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Hi xcrunner645,
Welcome to Windows Answers Community Forums
This behavior occurs if existed printer drivers are corrupt.
I suggest that you remove all the installed printers and reinstall the Windows 7 printer drivers if available.
Remove a printer
1. Click the Start button, type PRINTER in the search box and press Enter.
2. Find the icons of installed printers, and delete them.
3. Right-click on the blank part of the window, and choose Run as administrator - Server Properties.
4. On the Drivers tab, select the listed printers and click the Remove button. Please then select Remove driver and driver package.
5. Open Start menu, input APPWIZ.CPL in the Search box and press ENTER to launch Programs and Features.
6. Try to remove all related printer software.
If the issue is not resolved, I suggest that you clear the printing sub system.
Step 1
Start Windows Explorer, and then rename all files and folders in the following two folders:
c: windows system32 spool drivers w32x86
To rename a file, we can right click the file and select Rename.
Step 2
1. Click Start, type REGEDIT in the Start Search Bar, and then press ENTER.
2. Navigate to and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Print Environment Windows NT x86
View the list of subkeys. There should be only the following subkeys:
Drivers
Print Processors
If there are any keys other than those listed above, follow these steps:
a. On the File menu, click Export.
b. In the File Name box, type a descriptive name for this key -- for example, type WindowsNTx86regkey -- and then click Save to save it to your local Desktop.
We can use this backup of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Print Environment Windows NT x86 registry key to restore the key if you experience any problems after you complete this procedure.
c. Delete all keys other than Drivers and Print Processors.
Step 3
Navigate to and click the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Print Monitors registry key. View the list of subkeys. There should be only the following subkeys:
BJ Language Monitor
Local Port
Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Monitor
Microsoft Shared Fax Monitor
Standard TCP/IP Port
USB Monitor
WSD Port
If there are any keys other than those listed in above, follow these steps to delete them:
b. In the File Name box, type a descriptive name for this key -- for example, type Monitorsregkey -- and then click Save to save it to your local Desktop.
We can use this backup of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Print Monitors registry key to restore the key if you experience any problems after you complete this procedure.
c. Delete all keys other than the 5 listed above.
Step 4. Disconnect the printer cable from the computer, and then restart the computer.
Step 5. Reconnect the printer cable to the computer, install the printer according to the manufacturer s installation instructions, and then check if the issue persists.
You can also use these two articles to troubleshoot this issue:
Hope it helps.
Thanks and Regards:
Shekhar S - Microsoft Support.
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I ve had this problem a lot with both Windows 7 64-bit and Window XP.
There is only one solution that has worked for me, and it s not going to the Services and starting the Print Spooler, because the Print Spooler will just stop again within seconds or minutes.
What has worked for me in both XP Window 7, is to delete the contents of the following folders:
C: Windows System32 spool PRINTERS
and
C: Windows System32 spool drivers
Once I do this, I do not have to reinstall my printers. I just physically disconnect my local printer unplugged the USB cable, wait a few seconds, and then reconnect it.
Hope this helps. Let me know.
If it does, spread it around.
- Joe
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I ve tried this, but it doesn t work for me. It might for a few hours, but then it all starts over again. Also, when I do this I have to reinstall all of my drivers.. including Adobe. We are looking at migrating to Win 7 from XP here at the office, but
not if this keeps happening. There are tons of complaints about this on the web, I don t understand why there isn t a fix yet.
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I seem to have fixed the problem on my HP Windows 7 64 bit machine. First, I checked the Event Viewer and noticed a recurring print spooler error. When I looked at the details I saw it was related to a decommissioned PC that the printer was previously
hooked to. I searched the registry using regedit for all occurrences of this decommissioned PC s name and deleted two separate entries in the registry. So far so good, no more missing printers icons.
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Unistalling Flash seems to have solved the problem for me as well.
Asbach
Is Internet Explorer 9 dependent on Flash. What browser are you now using.
Yes, this definitely works.. I used the net stop spooler command in the command prompt. This should already tell me that it is stopped with an error code.
Delete the files as directed by Joe_in_MD. A couple of folders were still locked and could not be deleted. Once everything I could delete was deleted, I used the net start spooler command in the command prompt and it worked.
PeteT99
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What version of Adobe Reader are you using. Uninstalling and installing Foxit could provide you with a permanent solution. There is a known problem with printing some but not all pdf files.
I had this problem on a couple Windows 7 machines. First I restarted the print spooler by clicking start, then typing services.msc. Find the printer spooler and double click to open. Next, click on Start. After the spooler has started, I changed the startup
type from Automatic to Manual. This worked for me. Good Luck.
Tom_1110
problems with some printers
Canon printers are used together.
pixma ip4500 5 pcs
pixma ip4870 3 pcs
I created above and the printer simultaneously
prints
the problem after a few minutes
or seconds all the above printers
stops printing.
especially when I print a lot
of data.
Example: 50 sheets per printer,
photo tiff format. print
by using the software Photoshop CS4
This problem does not happen
when I print using only one printer
how to solve this problem
.. I really stress made
I use windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
Memory 8GB DDR3 PC1600
i7 2600k
I hope friends and experts
windows can help me
thanks. .
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hiimr. Shekhar
I am having problems with some printers
8gb memory
hiimr. Shekhar
This just worked for me 10-6-11. Thanks for your help Joe.
Dan
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Thanx a lot for sharing this tip, works pretty fine for me. Windows 7 Professional.
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But what if they are not local printers. But network ones.
fjwong
To Joe,
Thank you very much for this easy solution. I did fix the spooler problem I had.
It stop running a few seconds after I start it in services model.
I deleted the PRINTERS folder; rename the drivers to drivers.old, created a new folder called drivers.
The spooler service is running without stop.
Regards,
QiShu
Another really simple and easy albeit maybe stop-gap solution is for Windows or for some skillful programmer to build a new tab or sub-tab to Start or Re-start Print Spooler in:
Control Panel Hardware and Sound Devices and Printers
That way, it would relieve a lot of the administrator s time; and the short-cut can be taught to the casual workers of Office.
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