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Hi
I want to delete a printer from the printer & scanner list. As it is waiting for un update of the driver (see pic below) I cannot delete it. How do I proceed ?
Thanks
Raphael
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Hello,
It is recommended that you first stop the print service to see if you are able to delete the printer:
Press the Win+R keys to open the run window, enter the services.msc command, find the "Print Spooler" service and stop it.
If you still can't delete it, we recommend that you update it before deleting it.
Best Regards,
Hania Lian
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If you First Stop Print spooler Services by Searching Services.msc in Search in Windows.
When Services Window opens Find Print Spooler Service Stop it and then try
Uninstalling the Printer from Programs & Apps
Restart the Print spooler service and Install your Printer & Scanner application once again
Once finishing the Installation , Reboot and Try
Best of Luck
Hi
Thank you for your response. I have tried but that did not solve it.
In fact, the printer driver (the one waiting for an update) does not appear in the list of powershell cmd get-printerdriver so I cannot stop it or uninstall it. It seems as if the driver "OKI-C824-B16101" being shown in Printer & Scanner panel is just stuck somewhere and I can't uninstall it.
If you have an idea how to solve this, that will be much appreciated.
Thanks
Raphael
Could please share more info about the printer Make and model and the OS version
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Hi Sam
Thanks for your reply. So my Printer is a OKI C824 and I have Windows 11. This printer works well with other drivers i have installed (like OKI Universal PCL5 for example). It's just this pending driver in the red box shown in the pic below that won't disappear (I have no idea how it got there)
Thank you
R.
try looking for it in here, delete it, and restart the machine: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
try looking for it in here, delete it, and restart the machine: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
