Resolved Deleting Printer

I have a USB printer that was mis-installed. I did a remove device but I cannot rename the properly installed printer with the old name. Although I cannot find it anywhere, the rename tells me the name I want already exists. How do I get rid of that old name? TIA.

 

Did you go to Control Panel > Uninstall or Device Manager > Uninstall Drivers or Printers > Delete Printer???

In my Vista OS, Control Panel > Right click HP Printer gives me Remove - Repair - Change options. Neil.

 

Yes, but interestingly the printer shows up again after a boot.

 

Download Revo Unistaller and uninstall it. Scroll down the page and ge the FREE one. Use the Advance mode when you get to the first screen to uninstall it and then do all the Registry entries also.

 

Uninstall what? Revo uninstalls apps as far as I know. How do I get it to uninstall a printer?

 

My Lexmark shows in my Revo. Haven't had to use it on it "yet ".

 

Go into Revo Uninstaller, page installed programs, check that the name of your printer is shown, double click printer name and click uninstall icon. If your printer is not shown in Revo Uninstaller, then you can not use RU to remove printer from your computer.

 

gw1500se I see you've placed your Thread in the Windows 7 forum, but it would help more if you could take the time to fill in your System Details in User CP and save your entry by scrolling to the bottom of the page. Thanks Neil.

 

Thanks for the reply but no printers show up, including the working one.

 

I did that a some time ago, at least as much as I know at this point. Is it not showing up for you?

 

No it isn't for me either. Don't forget to save it when done.

 

While not really resolved, I had to reinstall Win 7 so this issue is moot.

 

What issue is moot?

 

Trying to "get rid of that old name ".

 

Deleting the printer and it not showing up in Revo.