How to Remove Stuck printers from the Server

 

In some cases mapped printers can get stuck on the server side.

This can happen when the server is shut down incorrectly, or a user logs off the server while not all the printers are mapped.

 

To remove stuck printers from the server, a user with administrative privileges needs to log in to the server, and perform the following steps:

 

Windows 2025/2022/2019/2016/2012 Servers:

1.    Open Devices and Printers.

2.    Select the stuck printer, and right click on it. Choose the Remove Device option to remove the printer.

3.    Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Print2RDP Server. In this directory, an .INI file with the stuck printer name is stored that needs to be deleted.

 

Windows 2003 Servers:

1.    Open Printers and Faxes.

2.    Select the stuck printer and right click on it. Click Delete to remove the printer.

3.    Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Print2RDP Server.  In this directory, an .INI file with the stuck printer name is stored that needs to be deleted.