Situatie
When your printer refuses to print, it could be a problem preventing the print spooler from running correctly.
Solutie
To fix the print spooler service to continue printing on Windows 11, use these steps:
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- Open Start on Windows 10.
- Search for services.msc and click the top result to open the Services console.
- Right-click the Print Spooler service and select the Properties option.
- Click the General tab.
- Click the Stop button.
- Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command.
- Type the following path to the printers folder and press Enter:
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C:\Windows\System32\spool\printers
- Click the Continue button (if applicable).
- Select everything in the “printers” folder (Ctrl + A keyboard shortcut) and hit the Delete button to remove the contents.
- On the “Printer Spooler Properties” page, click the General tab.
- Click the Start button to restart the service
- Click the OK button.
To fix print spooler problems using Command Prompt, use these steps:
- Open Start.
- Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as Administrator option.
- Type the following commands (one line at a time) to stop the print spooler, delete the printers folder content, restart the printer spooler, and press Enter:
net stop spooler del /Q /F /S "%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers\*.*" net start spooler
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