Where are drivers for installed printers stored on disk in Windows?

Question

_{Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:23 AM}

Are drivers for installed printers stored in C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64 or in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\ ?  

I think it is FileRepository but then what is that other driver folder for? 

If I need to delete a printer driver manually where do I delete it from?

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_{Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:39 AM}

Hi,

The printer drivers are stored in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository*.***

I wouldn't recommend manually removing any drivers, you can try to remove the driver from the Print Management console, go to Start and search for "Print Management" and open it.

In the Print Management console head to the All Drivers tab and select the driver you want to remove, right-click it and choose Delete.

Best regards,
Leon

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_{Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:14 AM}

Hi,

The location of the driver store is – C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore.

DriverStore is a new and a central location in Windows where all the driver files will be stored., before they are
copied to their final destination during the device driver installation.

You could try to use below methods to uninstall printer driver.

•Option One: Uninstall Printer Driver in Print Management
•Option Two: Uninstall Printer Driver in Print Server Properties
•Option Three: Uninstall Printer Driver in Settings
•Option Four: Uninstall Printer Driver in Control Panel
•Option Five: Uninstall Printer Driver in Printers folder

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/101274-uninstall-printer-driver-windows-10-a.html

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Regards,

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_{Wednesday, March 6, 2019 9:42 AM}

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