How to Restart Printer Spooler in Windows 10

 

When you're trying to get your important document printed on Windows 10 and face the issue, then it's a really frustrating task. If you choose to cancel the process, there are chances that it might be damaged or deleted forever. There are a lot of reasons which result in the connection problems, it's usually a problem with the “print spooler” in Windows 10. If you have this problem, this article is on how to restart printer Spooler in Windows 10.

 

 

What is a Print Spooler?

It's a useful app that manages print jobs sent from your smart system to the print server. The printer Spooler can store lots of print works in the sequence or in the language, which can easily be retrieved by the printer server.

1.       Click on Start ➼ Task Manager ➼Services tab

2.       Scroll down the Spooler service

3.       Click on Restart

How to Restart Windows Printer Spooler?

Users who are utilizing Printer Spooler might face various problems like Printer Spooler not responding on Windows, the service isn't working efficiently, and more issues. Windows 10 users can get all these problems solved by restart windows print spooler. If you're wondering how to restart the printer spooler, then

following the below methods can help you with the same.

 

Method 1: Using Task Manager

One of the best ways to restart windows print spooler is to use Task manager. Follow the below steps:

 

1.       Click on Start ➼ Task Manager ➼Services tab

2.      Scroll down the Spooler service

3.      Click on Restart

 

Method 2: Using Command Prompt

You can reset Print Spooler Windows 10 using the Command printer. You can follow the below steps to get your task done and get prints in the right way

1.      Click on the Windows + R shortcut to open the Run window

2.      Enter cmd and click Ctrl + Shift + Enter

3.      Once you click on the Shortcut key, run Command Prompt will be opened

4.      When you come across the UAC window, select Ok

5.      Now in the command console, enter stop spooler, and press Enter to end the print Spooler working

6.      To restart the windows print spooler, navigate to the C:\Windows\System\Spool\Printers and remove the content in the Printer folder

7.      Now start the Spooler again through the way you stopped it on Command prompt

 

Method 3: Use Services

Wondering how to restart spooler using the services? Just follow the basic steps, and you can easily restart the windows print spooler.

 

1.       Invoke the Run windows, enter services.msc in the box, and hit on OK to

2.      Now scroll down to find the Print Spooler service.

3.      To restart the windows print spooler, hit on stop

4.      If the service is stopped, hit on start to start it again

 

Double-click on the properties of the services to complete the configuration. Here you can choose to start/stop the printer Spooler with just a simple click, whereas the drop-down list makes it easier for you to select the Start type as per your requirement.

 

Summing It Up

This post might help you to find out how to restart the printer spooler and make it work again on Windows 10. However, if you're still finding it difficult, then contact the service providers to get the error solved.