In my opinion, this is a bug. One way to solve the problem is to reboot. In most cases the undeletable print job will disappear after the restart. However, there is a way that always works and is also faster. If you require more detailed instructions, you should take a look at this post from the help desk geek.
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Its power task scheduling features go far AutoAdministrator allows you to remote execute programs, remote execute services, and remote shutdown and reboot computers. I hate this thing too, I'll try this trick with Print Spooler Service next time. Thanks for this instruction. This works when you need that print job straight away but sometimes at the end of the day there are still jobs hanging that we dont know about.
They end up annoying people the next day. I use "psservice. When staff come to work the next day the spooler is clean and ready. Last time this happened to me was over a network print. Rebooted a few times but didn't work, but oddly, restarting the Print Spooler I was able to delete the job from the queue.
Here is what I do: 1. Cancel the job it then hangs at the 'Deleting - Printing' stage 2. At the command prompt, enter: net stop spooler 3. Then enter: net start spooler 4. Bref F5 to refresh the status of the print queue. Thanks for mentioning psservice. It is a nice tool. Nev, rebooting is pretty much the same as restarting the spooler service. If there are no print jobs in the queue that you want to keep, then you can delete all the files in the spooler directory.
This always works. Pete, you are right, this usually works if the printer is directly connected to the computer. Anonymous, thanks for the tip. The advantage of net start over psservice is that is available on every computer. You have to be real careful restarting the spooler service on a network during the day when you have lots of printers on the domain.
Yes, I have done that. There is nothing in that folder. The service, however, still refuses to stay running and crashes when I attempt to reinstall printers. Delete all printers from the printer folder. There may well be a printer listed that is not showing up because the print spooler is stopped.
Ok, I attempted that, and it was unsuccessful due to the fact that I couldn't reach that location. There was a corrupted registry entry for print provider. I deleted it, opened printers and faxes, and all the printers magically populated themselves into the folder. It was quite a sight to see. I sincerely hope this helps whoever else has this same issue Joined May 26, Messages 2. Hi, I am having the exact same problem - same virus and everything.
Joined May 30, Messages 1. Thank you so much! I also had the defender. I spent an hour surfing the web trying to figure out the problem. I would have never figured this out without your helpful post!
Thank you! Thanks, Daniel. I have heard this works a large majority of the time, you just have to understand what all you may be losing along with it. Joined Jun 5, Messages 1. I am having the same problem. Ok i saw your prevoius msgs, and went to the folder which you had said in your previous messages.
And in Lan Man Print service i got one folder called Servers. I dont have any folders to delete. Any suggestions? Joined Jun 7, Messages 1.
Hello Eric, I had this same error from the same defender. I had spent over 8 hours working on this before your solution. I thought I would have to completely reinstall Windows and everything else on my computer.
I am curious, how did you ever find that corrupted registry entry? Thank you so much!!!!!! You really saved me on this one. Ernie in Utah. Joined Jun 8, Messages 1. I had the same thing as Prathap Newsletter Topics Select minimum 1 topic.
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Regards M From: windows-xp-pro-l Groups. Start the Print Spooler service at command prompt 1. Type the following commands at the command prompt: net stop spooler net start spooler exit regards,.
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