Mathematica Print To Pdf Not Printer File

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If you get error code 0x800f0922 when you re-enable "Microsoft Print to PDF" or "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" you should first stop the Print Spooler Service:

Open an elevated command prompt and run "net stop spooler".

After the spooler service is stopped you can successfully re-enable those Windows features with Dism, PowerShell or via the Control Panel.

Restart the Print Spooler Service with "net start spooler".

answered Nov 6 '19 at 8:38

Microsoft Print to PDF is a Windows feature that can be enabled or disabled. I suggest to uninstall it then re-install, to reinitialize the software.

Open Control Panel > Programs and Features
Click "Turn Windows features on or off"
In the Windows Features window, uncheck "Microsoft Print to PDF"
Click OK
Reboot
Repeat the above, but this time enable "Microsoft Print to PDF"

If the option does not re-appear, then Windows should be treated for corruption, so let me know how it goes.

answered Oct 12 '19 at 18:00

harrymcharrymc

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As I said in my original question (maybe didn't express it clearly enough), that's effectively what I did - just using PowerShell. But no matter whether I use the control panel or the PowerShell, the result is always the same error. In this article the author suggested to use sfc /scannow to check Windows for corruption. I tried that as well but with no further result. I even tried to redo the update installation (from 1803 to 1903), but the error still persisted.

Oct 12 '19 at 22:04
Have you also tried the two DISM calls as in this article?

Oct 13 '19 at 6:37
Yes, I ran the calls in the order they were mentioned in the article, i.e. (1) DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth, (2) DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\RepairSource\Windows /LimitAccess, and (3) sfc /scannow. They all ran smoothly without any error.

Oct 14 '19 at 11:20
Does it work when booting in Safe mode?

Oct 14 '19 at 11:22
Haven't tried yet. As I need my system this week in a place where I can't make any backups and don't have easy access to installation media, it will take me a couple of days to try it out. Thanks for your suggestions so far - I'll report later how it goes.

Oct 14 '19 at 11:29

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