Windows 10: All printers, including MS Print to PDF, not connected

Starting with today all printers are "Not connected" and cannot be used. This includes printers like Adobe PDF, Fax, Microsoft Print to PDF and MS XPS Document Writer. Just a few days ago it worked and there was no update in-between. Printer Spooler is running, Pointers folders are empty and SFC /Scannow doesn't detect any problems.I'm at a complete loss here and all the help pages I found are not about this problem where all printers won't work while printer spooler is running.Anyone has a solution for this?

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Print to PDF missing in Printer List

Hi William,

We suggest that you disable and re-enable the Print to PDF feature. Here are the steps:

• Click on the Start menu and type in Windows Features.
• Choose Turn Windows features on or off.
• On the next window, find Microsoft Print to PDF and disable it. Click
  OK to save changes.
• Restart your PC.
• Repeat the same steps to re-enable Microsoft Print to PDF.

If the issue persists, we suggest that you perform the troubleshooting steps suggested on the link below under
Advanced:

Fix printer problems

Regards.

 

Print to PDF missing in Printer List

Thanks for your help. I was browsing the web the other day and I found a page called FINAL DRAFT. They had a set of instructions for reinstalling the Microsoft Print to PDF utility that worked great for me. Problem solved.

 

MS Print to PDF has stopped connecting

I cannot find Print to PDF in the list of available MS printers to install