Windows 10: where do I find spoolsv.exe

Where do I find spoolsv.exe?

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Can't run .exe file

Hi Phil,

There are several reasons why you are having issues running .exe files on your Windows 10 laptop. To assist you better, kindly answer the questions below:

• Have you made any changes to your laptop prior to this issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• What is the error message that you received when running .exe files?

Regards.

 

spoolsv 'access denied' work around

On occasion, a custom CAD/CAM program I wrote hangs the printer up. I read that the files waiting to be printed reside in "C:\Windows\System32\Spool\printers". I tried just deleting files in that folder programmatically, but found Windows locked
one them. Apparently some Kernel Mode Driver deep in the bowels of Windows got indigestion! I got the idea to stop the spooler program called spoolsv.exe, but I get an "access denied" error using the code below. (For Each was looking for more than one instance,
which I first thought may be the problem.) I decided to give the user access permission by right clicking on the spoolsv.exe file, but editing "Full Control" has been greyed out. Now I feel like a step child!

Has anyone found a way to stop the spoolsv.exe programmatically so that I may delete the spooler files, and get my customer up and running without Stopping spoolsv.exe in Services.msc, drilling down folder to delete files, and finally, restarting the computer?

Private Sub BtnKill_Click_1(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnKill.Click
Dim p As System.Diagnostics.Process

Try

For Each p In System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()

Dim sProcess As String = "spoolsv"

If p.ProcessName = sProcess Then

'p.Kill()

'p.Close()

'p.U (lol)

MsgBox("spooler service is stopped.")

End If

Next

Catch ex As Exception

MsgBox(ex.ToString)

End Try
End Sub

 

NESHTA.A VIRUS REMOVED BUT .EXE NOT WORKING

Hi Khaled,

It is possible that you .exe is not working due to corrupted system files or account. To assist you better, kindly answer the following questions:

• Does this happen with a specific application or with all of your application?
• Have you tried creating a new admin account to check if the issue also with new account or only with the current account?

In the meantime, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article on how
to create a new admin account.

Let us know if you need further assistance.