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:
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- 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\PRINTENUMwhich 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