Printer Spooler Service Error 5
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we highly recommend that you visit our Guide for New Members. Solved: system error 5 has occurred access denied Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by ron40, Jun 18, 2014. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. Advertisement ron40 Thread Starter Joined: Jul 6, 2004 Messages: 238 I have windows 8, 32 bit & I'm trying to clear my print spooler, which I've done many times. I go to "run," type "cmd" & enter the command: "net stop spooler." When I execute the spooler command I get the above error message. I did a http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/manual-starting-of-print-spooler-service-creates/9f393c7a-9c52-4464-9188-22834d6f626f search on google & got a lot of hits but none of them were useful. What is going on & how do I solve this "system 5 error" problem? Thanks for any help. ron40, Jun 18, 2014 #1 Sponsor davehc Trusted Advisor Joined: Oct 4, 2006 Messages: 1,937 Try restarting the spooler at the same time. The combination command would be net stop spooler && net start https://forums.techguy.org/threads/solved-system-error-5-has-occurred-access-denied.1128098/ spooler I try to avoid the command line as much as possible, on the understanding that a user OS should not need in depth commands. When I have a document problem such as yours, I normally open the "Devices and Printers", in the Control Panel, click in and "see what's printing" and clear it from there. Sometimes needs a restart. davehc, Jun 19, 2014 #2 Macboatmaster Trusted Advisor Joined: Jan 14, 2010 Messages: 16,441 You must run that cmd on an elevated cmd prompt instead of simply opening the cmd prompt on windows 8.1 however you access it - right click and click run as admin or if you access it from search charms, click run as admin the cmd window will then be titled Administrator command prompt and not merely command prompt please see screenshot as explained here You can also clear print jobs by using an elevated Command Prompt. You will get the Access Denied error if you attempt to do this with a normal Command Prompt. That said, perhaps I am on the wrong tack as you say I have windows 8, 32 bit & I'm trying to clear my print spooler, which I've done many timesClick to exp
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