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2016-05-28 06:34:00 +0000 |
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When you run “control printers” the loading bar in Explorer will take a long time, and the Window will be blank indefinitely. This is almost always caused when Windows has an incorrect driver loaded for a printer.
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Run => cmd- net stop spooler (This stops the printer spooler service)
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Go to C:\windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS and C:\Windows\System32\spool\DRIVERS and delete any files there.
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Run => cmd- net start spooler (This starts the printer spooler service)
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Install only printers that you know the driver is correct for, remove any older printers if not in use.
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Batch File - Make a batch file from this:
net stop spooler del %systemroot%\system32\spool\printers\*.shd del %systemroot%\system32\spool\printers\*.spl net start spooler