Problems deleting from the Print Queue?

Instead of doing it the manual way (stop spool service, delete from spool folder etc), here is a little batch program that does it for you with a simple double click. Enjoy...

http://www.bradkovach.com/wp-content...tflush-1.3.zip

Do you have a link to detailed info on the download?

No, that's all I have.

I checked the batch file though, and it does 3 very simple things. Turns spool service off, deletes the Printer folder (%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers) and restarts the spool service :

Quote:

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@ECHO OFF
echo ----------------------------------
echo Print Flush - 1.3 - By Brad Kovach
echo ----------------------------------
echo.

echo Step 1: Stop the Print Spooler
echo ------------------------------
net stop spooler
echo.

echo Step 1.5: Reassigning Print Spooler Dependencies
echo ------------------------------------------------
echo this step is important if you have a Lexmark printer which screws up the services and may make it impossible to start the print spooler
echo.
sc config spooler depend= RPCSS
echo.
echo Done!
echo.

echo Step 2: Erasing old chaf (junk printer documents)
echo -------------------------------------------------
del /Q /F /S "%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers\*.*"
echo Done!
echo.

echo Step 3: Problems eliminated! Restarting printer services
echo --------------------------------------------------------
net start spooler
echo Spooler has been restarted!
echo.

echo Step 4: Try printing again.

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And if all else fails - turn the printer off for a few seconds;)

That doesn't solve the queue problem as it's connected to a Windows Service.

Dumb question... If you stop the spooler, doesn't it clear out the queue by default? At work, it always seems like it does.

No, it makes the queue disappear until you restart the service, and then the queue reappears. The files remain in the Printer folder under System32 until you manually erase them.