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Print spooler file not found

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1664ben -  
 Hogalinette -
Hello,

My computer can no longer find the spooler file.

I have tried most of the steps indicated on the forum but none of them work.
When I am on "Computer Management/Services/Print Spooler" and I try to start it, a message indicates:
"Unable to start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer.
Error 2: the file is not found"

I can no longer install any printers and all those that were installed have disappeared.

Can you help me?

Thank you in advance
Configuration: Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0

19 answers

  1.
    nadet Posted messages 2 Status Member 4
     
    SOS.. No more print spooler with VISTA. Could someone give me the solution.. please. Thank you.
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  2. 1664ben
     
    Thank you, but I had already done this manipulation without success.

    However, since then I found the solution and I even recovered all my drivers.

    The manipulation:

    Start, Run, MSCONFIG.EXE (this opens the system configuration utility)
    select "diagnostic startup", then OK and restart
    The computer restarts and reopens the system configuration utility
    reselect "normal startup", then OK and restart

    and there you go
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    1. dal7338
       
      Thank you very much for these instructions that work and especially for the clear explanations.
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    2. zoubed
       
      Thank you very much! Your solution on msconfig worked!!!! I had tried the system tool, unsuccessfully!

      Long live the internet!!!!
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    3. Hogalinette
       
      13/01/2015....thank you! I had the same problem solved thanks to this manipulation on XP PRO SP3.
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  3. zedjiga
     
    Hello
    it's still my printer, it doesn't want to print. I don't know why. Please help me.
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  4. 1664ben
     
    RE,

    I typed in "Run" "C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe" and the file cannot be found. Can I recover it from somewhere else?

    Thank you.
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  6. menu65 Posted messages 5337 Status Member 354
     
    Hi
    you start by running the command services.msc

    there you look for the spooler and activate it by setting it to automatic startup
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  7. zedjiga
     
    BNJR. My printer is stuck. After installation, it printed a test page, and then it printed a half page, meaning it stops before finishing. I manually remove the sheet and it keeps blinking and doesn't print. Please help. Thank you.
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  8. menu65 Posted messages 5337 Status Member 354
     
    OK, it is recognized by the system ?????

    Did you try to solve the problem through the control panel ??????
    Indeed, there is an integrated troubleshooting utility
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  9. coolyn
     
    Great solution, easy in no time. Thank you.
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  10. menu65 Posted messages 5337 Status Member 354
     
    bravo 1664 ben
    beer has its benefits
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  12. menu65 Posted messages 5337 Status Member 354
     
    Okay

    You start it up, go to the Control Panel
    on the right, switch it to classic view
    then click on the printer and fax icon

    there you should see your printer on the right, you have a troubleshooting utility
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  13. zedjiga
     
    The problem is that there is one document pending and it mentions deletion, and I can't cancel it.
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  14. menu65 Posted messages 5337 Status Member 354
     
    If you have the drivers on a CD

    you remove the printer and then you reboot

    upon launching XP you will have "new hardware detected"

    then you insert the CD and install

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  15. zedjiga
     
    It's done, I reinstalled but it stops in the middle, the sheet doesn't come out.
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  16. menu65 Posted messages 5337 Status Member 354
     
    try this

    on the printer in the control panel you right-click and then properties

    and finally services and there you do the maintenance align the heads and all

    after restart and try again
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  18. jennyced13
     
    It's good, it worked for me too. The print spooler was disabled, but I couldn't find it in services. However, with the command Start => Run => services.msc, I searched for and activated the print spooler, and everything is working again. The printer installed and everything...
    Thank you very much!
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  19. balise
     
    Hello,

    I also have the same issue, namely, "spooler file not found."

    Did you resolve your issue, and if so, how?

    Thank you in advance, best regards,
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    1. zedjiga
       
      Good evening
      . First of all, I analyzed my computer. Then I reinstalled my printer again after having uninstalled it, of course. You should try it too, and good luck. Let me know how it goes.
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    2. Zack
       
      Hi,

      I had the same problem and I solved it as follows.

      Right-click on drive C: then search for spoolsv.exe

      Copy the spoolsv.exe file to the c:\windows\system32 directory if it exists
      (mine was located in c:\windows\system32\dllcache)

      Best regards,

      Zack!
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      1. sev > Zack
         
        Thank you thank you thank you and a thousand thanks

        I had been struggling for a week. Thanks to your advice, I succeeded; thank you again.
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      2. adine > Zack
         
        Great! It worked after I struggled for quite a while... Thank you.
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      3. zedjiga > adine
         
        You're welcome.
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  20. domochs Posted messages 14 Status Member 1
     
    Hello,

    I have tried all the manipulations you explained, including MSCONFIG.EXE, but it still doesn't work. My spooler remains missing. I also tried to repair my XP Pro SP3 version, but I couldn't do it, as at the beginning of the repair I got an error message saying "This version of XP cannot be upgraded" :-(
    I really don't know what to do anymore... Can someone please help me?
    Thank you very much in advance and have a nice day.
    dom
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    1. lol02
       
      Same here, so if you finally found the solution, post it, you never know...
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    2. jamel
       
      When I go to the Control Panel/Services, I can no longer find the Print Spooler.
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