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Script: Clear Print Queue and Restart Print Spooler

Summary of Issue

Clear print queue and restart the print spooler wtih the following .bat script.

Methods to resolve the problem

Copy the following into a file called printspoolerreset.bat:

@echo off
cls
net stop spooler
delĀ %systemroot%\system32\spool\*.spl
delĀ %systemroot%\system32\spool\*.shd
net start spooler
@PAUSE

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