Cannot delete the printer driver

Hello

I tried all the options in this thread... .no joy.

I am running Windows 7 and I want remove driver for my printer.

System say it is to use and cannot be deleted.

I am the only user on this computer.

Help, please.

Hello

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

You seem to have a problem with the removal of your computer printer driver. Check out these links, many users have confirmed that they were able to solve the problem by returning the suggestions mentioned in the following links:

I want to remove/erase/print driver to Windows 7 and can't find any documentation.

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/i-want-to-removedelete-PrinterDriver-from-Windows/6700d817-cfb7-4D94-904e-25bc8f435c7f

Cannot remove a printer

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/cant-remove-a-printer/7017fe93-621a-4f58-aa47-f70968e40723

Hope that this helps, please let us know if you need further assistance.

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