Saturday 1 March 2014

Zombie Windows Printers


Had a problem on Windows 7; a deleted printer kept reappearing after a reboot.

The problem was a document in it's print queue.  Here's how to deal with it:
  1. Stop the Printer Spooler service (type services.msc, select Printer Spooler and click stop)
  2. Delete all files in %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\PRINTERS
  3. Restart the Printer Spooler service