playr101 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Searched and didn't see it... but was wondering if Ccleaner will clear out the printer spool? so there is no record of past jobs... ? -playr101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted February 10, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2009 To clear this location, the "Print Spooler" service has to be stopped, and obviously started again to enable you to print. Not something CCleaner could do. I have found a couple of batch files which do what you require: net stop spoolerrmdir C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers /s /q mkdir C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers net start spooler exit or net stop spooler del %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.* /q /s net start spooler They both seem to do the job, so just copy and paste one of them into notepad, and save as SpoolClear.bat, or whatever you want to call them, as long as they end with .bat, and then double click the bat file to stop the Print Spooler service, clear the job list, and restart the service. This is also supposed to be a fix for when pending print jobs "hang". Never had it happen, but Sods Law is now gonna jump up and bite me. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 That batch file direectly helps me! I have users here at work who run into printer jams all the time and the documents get stuck in the queue. I have to manually go into cmd prompt and stop the Printer Spooler service. This will make my life much easier. Never thought to make it into a batch file. Thanks Dennis! There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted February 10, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2009 Exellent, you've made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 10, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2009 I think Dell had something that used to get rid of those too, many years ago. It's something that isn't obvious to the user unless using some software specifically designed to detect it and offer to remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgeofourpants Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Those bat files are nice but limited in their use. I've seen other things around but you have to buy them to do the above and more...would it be better to purchase something better? These bat files feel very much like you "get what you pay for"...is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted March 20, 2009 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2009 You have to buy those. The .bat file above is free. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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