Launch “Windows File Explorer.” In the address bar, type “ C:Windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS” and press “Enter.”.Right-click it and select “Stop Service.” Scroll through all of the services until you find the “ Spooler” service.Once open, click the “Services” tab found between the “Processes” and “Performance” tabs.To open Task Manager, simultaneously press the “CTRL ALT Delete” keys.Close the “Services” window, and your print queue should now be clear.Go back to the “Services” window that you left open, right-click on “Print Spooler” once again, then select “Start.”.If there are some entries you don’t wish to remove, for whatever reason, hold the “CTRL” key while left-clicking those entries. Press “Windows key R” again, type “%systemroot%\System32\spool\printers\” followed by pressing “Ctrl A” to select all files, if any, then tap “Delete” to remove them. Scroll down and right-click on “Print Spooler” within the list, then select “Stop.” This function will bring the printing queue to a halt.Bring up the “Run” dialog by pressing “Windows key R,” type “services.msc” in the box, and press “Enter.”.You can now close the Command Prompt as your printer queue should now be clear.To get the system rolling once again, type in “net start spooler” and press “Enter.” You’ll get prompted with “The Print Spooler service was started successfully.”.At this point, type in “del %systemroot%\System32\spool\printers* /Q” and press “Enter.”.Next, you’ll want to type “net stop spooler”and then press “Enter.” You’ll see the prompt “The Print Spool service is stopping” followed by “The Print Spooler service was stopped successfully.”.
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