If you are seeing the dreaded “Print Processor Does Not Exist”, it means one of two things:
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Your PC has missing or corrupt print processor files. This is easy to fix if you have another 64bit PC without the print problem.
- In SERVICES stop the PRINT SPOOLER
- From a PC that is working, copy the following files overtop of your problem PC’s files: C:\Windows\System32\spool\prtprocs\x64 from
- Take note that most often the problem I have seen is with WINPRINT.DLL and that file could be copied from any equivalent PC (same OS) as it is part of Windows
- Reboot
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- Your registry is missing some entries. From a PC that is not experiencing this problem, what you need to do is export HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\PRINT\ENVIRONMENTS\WINDOWS X64\PRINT PROCESSORS\
and then import it into the problem machine, then reboot
alternately you could create new keys and entries manually but that is a pain- Take note that most often the problem I have seen is with WINPRINT.DLL so if you are just guessing I would create that one manually. It is a simple STRING.
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- Take note that most often the problem I have seen is with WINPRINT.DLL so if you are just guessing I would create that one manually. It is a simple STRING.
While the System File Checker is often a great fix, I have had less success with it, but if you are stuck, just launch a CMD as administrator and type SFC /SCANNOW . Then reboot when it is done.
If you are still having problems, you will likely find http://www.urtech.ca/2014/03/solved-how-to-delete-a-stuck-printer/ to be useful.
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