Printer Cannot Be Removed Access Is Denied
I’ve never much liked having to use a
printer. Even back when they were dot matrix they seemed to defy me at every turn and so I prefer to stay digital. Having said that, at times you need a hard copy. Despite Windows 7 being a solid OS, and ane that can resolve many of its bug on information technology’due south own, information technology seems I cannot escape
printer
bug. At ane indicate a
printer
was attached to my network and since being removed I cannot delete the printer from Windows 7. It kept popping up an error that said “Access is denied, unable to remove device”. Hither’s how to resolve it should it rear it’s ugly head.
Printer Trouble – Unable to remove the printer
Throughout the postal service yous may see things grayed out. This was done considering a portion of this occurred on a work machine… so I’m simply removing references to those machines/networks/etc. The printer was an HP Deskjet that was once running on my network and I wanted to remove it. If I attempted to delete it I’d get the dialog box above telling me that Admission is denied, unable to remove device. I went about my business organization but after a while this got on my nerves and I scoured the spider web to discover a manner to resolve it. Sadly, nearly of the examples I were seeing were for registry changes and other were reporting it did not work for Windows seven simply that it had on Windows XP, which of course didn’t aid my situation. After some searching though I figured out how to delete a printer from Windows 7 when it tells you that your access is denied.
How to fix a printer on Windows vii when it tells you access is denied
In order to fix the printer problem y’all’re doing get demand to get to Impress Direction. Y’all tin get to this all the same you lot like (through the menus or whatever) only the fastest way is to just hit your Orb (the Offset push button) and blazon in ‘printmanagement.msc’, put your cursor on the item that shows up nether Programs, right click and select Run as administrator. Windows 7 will launch Print Management and you lot’re off and running to resolving your printer issue.
Once you are in Print Management you’ll see your printer listed. If yous endeavour to delete it yous go the nasty Access is Denied, Unable to Remove Device dialog box. Right click on your printer and select ‘Properties’. One time this displays you’ll see the problem… your printer is listed but your account (or a group you belong to) doesn’t have permissions to manage the printer.
Go ahead and give yourself permission… check the checkboxes so hitting OK to save the settings. If your printer is highlighted just hit your delete key at present, or right click it and then select delete and you’ll exist prompted by Windows 7 to make certain you want to go rid of the printer.
Click yes and you lot’ll be returned to Print Management and the printer will be gone. You can confirm that it’due south been whacked by going to your control console and looking under Devices and Printers (or taking the shortcut by hitting the Orb and just start typing ‘printer’ until you see that option and select it). On a side note… does anyone else think that’s a bizarre naming selection? Printers ARE devices… shouldn’t that department just exist called “Devices”? Then over again… because printers e’er give me bug I guess information technology’s smart they flat out reference them in the control console proper name. In one case yous’ve removed the printer you’ll happily see that it no longer displays in Devices and Printers and you’ve resolved your issue.
