If you have ever canceled a print job within windows you probably had a time or two when it just froze, and it seemed like it was never going to cancel that print job. According to Ask Reddit this is because Windows is unable to to cancel the print job while the file created from printing is still in use. To fix this problem Ask Reddit gave the manual and quick batch file version that you can find below.

To manually fix the problem do these steps:

open task manager, stop spoolsv.exe, navigate to c:\windows\system32\spool\printers\, delete everything in this folder, open the run box, run spoolsv.exe again. print.

- From: Ask Reddit

Or if you are not that savvy you can create a new text document and save it as clearprint.bat with the following code below.

@echo off
echo Stopping print spooler.
echo.
net stop spooler
echo deleting stuff... where? I'm not sure. Just deleting stuff.
echo.
FOR %%A IN (%systemroot%\  system32\  spool\  printers\   \  *.*) DO DEL %%A
echo Starting print spooler.
echo.
net start spooler

Have you ever wanted to open a file but didn’t have the correct software for it? Or wanted to be able to do something like create a PDF document or run your own server but not pay for the well known expensive software like Adobe Acrobat or WHS? You can use Google to find free or cheaper alternatives by doing a vs or alternative search.

For example if you want to find an alternative for creating PDF files type in “Adobe Acrobat vs” minus the quotes and you will get many suggestions. You can also do a search for “Adobe Acrobat Alternative” to find a free or cheaper alternative.

This is also a great tool to use if you need to find alternatives for different operating systems. For example lets say you just switched to a MAC from Windows and you are use to the oh so familiar “notepad” well if you do a search “notepad alternative for mac” you will be filled with a bunch of alternative choices to choose from.