From 6153ba5358ac6f2d108672f78d8e4e4ad06b5be5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: poslop <brunnertcb@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:27:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Stop spooler before deleting

---
 RemoveHKLMPrinters.ps1 | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RemoveHKLMPrinters.ps1 b/RemoveHKLMPrinters.ps1
index 783bbc7..366260f 100644
--- a/RemoveHKLMPrinters.ps1
+++ b/RemoveHKLMPrinters.ps1
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ $HKLMPrinterPaths = @(
     'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Xerox\PrinterDriver'
 )
 
+net stop spooler
+
 foreach ($printerPath in $HKLMPrinterPaths) {
     try {
         Remove-Item -Path "Registry::$printerPath" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction Stop
@@ -42,4 +44,6 @@ foreach ($sidKey in $sids) {
     }
 }
 
+net start spooler
+
 gpupdate /force