Windows XP does not have this extra choice.
#Remove canon printer drivers windows 7 driver#
Note: Removing the driver package will clear all driver installation files for that device, leaving no reference to the printer that Windows could possibly use to auto-reinstall again. Select "Remove driver and driver package" and click OK.Select the printer driver to uninstall.Click the File menu and choose "Server Properties.".Click Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes.Select any printer and then click "Print server properties" at the top of the window.From the Start menu or the Start screen:.Press the WINDOWS key on the keyboard to display the Start screen, type in printui /s /t2 and then click it in the search list.Press WINDOWS-R on the keyboard to bring up the Run window, type in printui /s /t2 and then press Enter or click OK.Click the Start menu and in the search field type printui /s /t2 and then press Enter or click it in the search list.Open the Print Server Properties dialog window by doing one of the following:.To completely remove printer driver files from a system: output click the "Yes" button of the delete driver package window.Not doing these before attempting to remove the driver files may result in an "access denied" or "printer in use" error. Press enter to execute the net start spooler command and as soon as you see the The Print Spooler service is starting.Click on the Command Prompt window and hover your cursor over the "Yes" button of the delete driver package window.In the elevated Command Prompt, type but don't run net start spooler.In the elevated Command Prompt, run net stop spooler.Are you sure you want to delete %driverName%?" window open. Select "Remove driver and driver package" but leave the "Deleting this printer driver package will remove it from the system.Select the driver you wish to uninstall.In the elevated Command Prompt, run printui /s /t2 to open Print Server Properties on the Driver tab in elevated mode.Under "Programs", right-click on "Command Prompt", click "Run as administrator", and accept the UAC prompt.The only consistent way that I've been able to delete both the driver AND package is to: Last but not least, check other computers on your home network to see if any of those map to the old printer, and remove these mappings.If necessary, check the "Ports" tab and remove any TCP/IP ports that are associated with the old printer. Go back into the printui utility (you might need to restart it using same method as above) and try removing printers again.Go back to services.msc and Restart the Print Spooler service.DELETE the contents of the folder you opened in step 6.Open My Computer and browse to C:\Windows\System32\spool\Printers (you will need to click "OK" to get access to the folder).Locate the Print Spooler service, and right-click > Properties > stop service.(i.e., if removing the printers listed in the printui is not successful.) Open a command line with administrative rights: Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command prompt Right click -> Run As Administrator.Printui /s /t2, be sure to remove the driver AND the package. If that does not work for you, try using the printui.exe tool.
#Remove canon printer drivers windows 7 how to#
Take a look at this tutorial which explains how to use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), to remove unwanted printer driver packages.
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