Win7 system Add Printer no Print Spooler service no registry workaround

Win7 system Add Printer no Print Spooler service No registry resolution, win764 bit system just installed a few days to find a notebook cannot install a virtual printer, because I often use PDF printing, such as the CutePDF printer. Start to search all kinds of experience, found that can not solve the problem, there are always a variety of omissions, summed up in this, for their own review, and hope to benefit others.

Method/Step

Problem description, prompts Windows not to add a printer when "Add Printer" in the device and printer, and the background-related service is not running.

Through Baidu know, the reason may be the service printer spooler not run. To view the service at this time. The specific method is shown in the figure below.

In the right mouse menu management, you can see the bottom of the service options, click on the right side to find Printer Spooler service items.

The problem I encountered was: I could not find printer spooler This option in the service. So I added it according to other experiences.

There are problems in the add process, using reference experience to import the registry, restart the computer, and finally found the printer spooler service items. Right-when you start the service, an error is reported and the execution file cannot be found. Through Baidu I know the execution file is C:windowssystem32spoolsv.exe

And I looked at the service property and found the execution path was wrong. So I figured out why. I went to the registry to edit the relevant parameters for the service.

To fix the problem above. I first modified the registration file *.reg [Hkey_local_machinesystemcurrentcontrolsetservicesspooler], that is, to add, reference experience is not used in the separation, I am afraid that the registry import is invalid.

Click the shortcut window+r key on the keyboard, enter Regedit, and open Registry Editor. Find [Hkey_local_machinesystemcurrentcontrolsetservicesspooler], view the ImagePath parameter, and find that it's not true, just like the execution path you saw in step 2. Right-select Modify, change to C:windowssystem32spoolsv.exe and then OK.

Go to Computer Management again to view the service Printer spooler properties, you can see the execution path changed to C:windowssystem32spoolsv.exe, click to start the service. Can succeed!

Back to the computer control Panel, devices and printers, choose to add a printer, after the success can see the printer options below the printer, I also successfully installed CutePDF. The problem is solved.

The above is Win7 system add Printer no Print Spooler service No registry solution, hope to help everyone!