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Old 05-16-2008
.Joe
 

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Re: Unable to Remove Printers in Control Panel

mishutka;713541 Wrote:
> I manually deleted the files from the .../spool/printers folder -- BUT
> there are 2 persistent .shd files that won't delete ("file is in use")
> even after reboot. Any ideas on how I can purge them? Many thanks!
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Try booting into safe mode and then try deleting them. I had a similar
issue with my printer and safe mode allowed me to delete the files.


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