Problems deleting from the Print Queue?

[usil]

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

[Steve R Jones]

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

[usil]

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 :

@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.

[Steve R Jones]

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

[usil]

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

[HAN]

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

[usil]

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.