Print Spooler Error 3 The System Cannot Find
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3 in Windows When you open Devices and Printers applet, none of your printers may be listed. Running the Printer Troubleshooter may show that the Print Spooler service isn't running, and attempts to start the Print Spooler service manually via Services MMC or using the Microsoft Printer Troubleshooter Fix-It may turn out to be futile, showing up one of the following errors:Windows could not start the Print Spooler service on https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/63252c4c-ebcd-4976-af5d-943897ecb616/cannot-start-print-spooler-service-error-3?forum=w7itprogeneral Local Computer.Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.-or-Windows could not start the Print Spooler service on Local Computer.Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified. Obviously the first thing the user did was to run the Printer Troubleshooter Fix-It, and it did determine Spooler http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/print-spooler-service-error-2-error-3-windows-7/ service wasn't running, but was unable to fix it.There could be two possible causes for this error. 1) Spooler service registry settings are incorrect and/or 2) Some spooler modules missing (which SFC /Scannow could fix). First I had the user send me the Spooler service registry settings, and it showed:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Spooler
DisplayName REG_SZ @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1Group REG_SZ SpoolerGroupDescription REG_SZ @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-2ObjectName REG_SZ LocalSystemErrorControl REG_DWORD 0x1Start REG_DWORD 0x2Type REG_DWORD 0x110DependOnService REG_MULTI_SZ RPCSSServiceSidType REG_DWORD 0x1RequiredPrivileges REG_MULTI_SZ SeTcbPrivilege\0SeImpersonatePrivilege\0SeAuditPrivilege\0SeChangeNotifyPrivilege\0SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege\0SeLoadDriverPrivilegeFailureActions REG_BINARY 80510100000000000000000003000000140000000100000060EA00000100000060EA00000000000000000000The ImagePath value was missing, which caused "Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified.". In case the ImagePath value exists but contains incorrect data (pointing to a non-existent file), it results in "Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified." when starting the Spooler service.The problem was resolved by creating a value named ImagePath (of type REG_EXPAND_SZ) and setting it the following value data:%SystemRoot%\System32\spoolsv.exeRegistry Fix for Pr98 & ME Support Windows Servers Microsoft Office Support Internet Browsers and Email Internet Explorer & Edge Forum Mozilla / Firefox Browsers Other Browsers Other Windows Software Email Alternative Computing Linux Support Mac Support Other Operating Systems Hardware http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10/error-3-cannot-find-specified-path-for-print-spooler-cant-start-print-spooler-143256.html Support Overclocking Motherboards, Bios & CPU Hard Drive Support Removable Media Drives RAM & Power Supply Sound Cards Case Mod Driver Support Video Card Support Printer Support Laptop Support Building Other Hardware Support Networking Forum Networking Support Modems / Cable / DSL / Satellite Cabling & Network Cards Protocols & Routing File & Application Sharing Security & Firewalls The IT Pro Certification & Career Programming Gaming Forum PC Gaming Support Game Installation print spooler Support Console Gaming Support Online/Network Gaming Support Mods & Maps Gaming Discussion Design Forum Web Design & Dev Graphic Design/Multimedia Web Serving & Management Design Discussion & FAQ Website Design Counsel Smart Devices Apple iOS Android OS Blackberry/RIM OS Palm WebOS Windows Mobile Other Mobile Tech Support Articles Apple Certification Gaming General Hardware Internet Linux Networking Photography Security Software Tips & Tricks Windows Spyware 1st Steps Rules Tech Support print spooler error Forum > Microsoft Support > Windows XP Support Error 3 cannot find specified path for print spooler!! Cant start Print Spooler. User Name Remember Me? Password Site Map Posting Help Register Rules Today's Posts Search Site Map Home Forum Rules Members List Contact Us Community Links Pictures & Albums Members List Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Search Site / Google View Posts New Posts Your Posts Go to Page... Error 3 cannot find specified path for print spooler!! Cant start Print Spooler. This is a discussion on Error 3 cannot find specified path for print spooler!! Cant start Print Spooler. within the Windows XP Support forums, part of the Tech Support Forum category. I cannot force the start of print spooler in services or msconfig on WXP, so I cannot install my software Thread Tools Search this Thread 03-03-2007, 01:40 PM #1 Steve40th Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 249 OS: WXP PRO I cannot force the start of print spooler in services or msconfig on WXP, so I cannot install my software for my printer. I have gone to Microsoft and nothing to help out to force the spooler to start. Any ideas? Registry? Remove Advertisements Sponsored Links