On Windows Vista, after right-clicking on a printer and choosing to delete it, the printer stays on 'Deleting - Offline'. Even after several restarts, the printer remains there.
Is there a way to definitely delete the printer?
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Read our FAQ next time please.– Chopper3Jun 22, 2011 at 14:25
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Have you tried rebooting? (I'm being serious)– slhckJun 22, 2011 at 14:28
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@Chopper3: Seeing as you can ask questions about 'Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace' on ServerFault (quote from the faq, which I did read), I thought it was an OK place to ask. Fair enough.– PeterJun 22, 2011 at 14:50
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@slhck: yes, these printers have been in the list for months. As I mentioned in my question, I have rebooted (but I used the word 'restarts', sorry for the confusion). I've even tried deleting them several times.– PeterJun 22, 2011 at 14:51
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@Peter Oh, I somehow must have missed that, my bad. But basically, these printers are not physically there anymore, right?– slhckJun 22, 2011 at 14:53
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Found the solution myself, by accident. Right-clicked on the printer, chose the option 'Cancel all documents', and the printer dissappeared.
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Cool, my problem is just same as yours and your hints solved my problem. About 7 printers disappeared. One of the printer still showing up. I opened Services.msc, stop the "Print Spooler" service, delete all documents at C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS. Restart "Print Spooler" service, then the last printer disappeared as well.– mjbJul 23, 2014 at 5:11
You can also do this
- This steps worked for me:
- Open "Administrative Tools", then "Print Management"
- Select "All Printers" -Find the printer in question -the status will be something like "Deleting - Offline" and there was 1 pending job. I right-clicked, selected "Cancel All Jobs", and the printer immediately disappeared.
