If a printer keeps coming back try this:
https://techjourney.net/failure-unable-to-delete-or-remove-printer-driver-package-currently-in-use/
Or (maybe and)
The only solution for me was:
-
- Downloading PSTools
- Running CMD as administrator
- Run the command
psexec -i -s c:\windows\regedit.exe
(make sure you don’t have regedit open already, otherwise it gives an error) - Delete all keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SWD\PRINTENUM
which contained the printer name that keeps coming back.
You have to use the PStools option, because otherwise you will get an access denied error when deleting the regkeys.
https://serverfault.com/questions/604161/deleted-printers-keeps-coming-back-and-multiply
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pstools