Comments on: Completely removing Windows Vista/Windows 7 Printer Driver

By: Brian Jackson

Brian Jackson — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:37:29 +0000

@Alex… did you reboot the PC first?

Alex — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:24:33 +0000

hmm…I ran cmd as an administrator & even tried to null the printer, however I keep getting the error that I can’t delete the printer

Help?

Brian Jackson — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:55:50 +0000

You are very welcome!

Scott — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:29:22 +0000

Great article! Helped me remove a nagging printer that wouldn’t go away!

Brian Jackson — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:35:01 +0000

@Patrick. Your welcome! Glad I could help

Patrick — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:46:34 +0000

Thanks a whole bunch I have been searching for at least 4 weeks. It has done the job. I am so grateful!

Jeff — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:59:05 +0000

Huge help! Thank you!!!

Printing London — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:12:44 +0000

Thanks for giving these information.I want these steps to remove window7 printer driver.It really helps me a lot.

Brian Jackson — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:50:54 +0000

@DrakeE – Thank you for your comment, that is great information! I will edit blog post and add this to it. I will give you and Spyder credit. Thanks!

DrakeE — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:25:49 +0000

As for the “printer driver is currently in use” error, I figured out how to get around that:

In Devices and Printers, right click on the printer, and select “printer properties” in the context menu

Select the “Ports” tab in the Properties window

Click the “nul:” checkbox, so there is no real port being used by the printer.

Click “OK” to save the settings.

At this point I was able to remove the printer using Spyder’s “printui /s /t2″ command.