Could not open the Add Printer Wizard, what should I do?

It is difficult to imagine life without a computer in the modern world. These small devices can greatly facilitate part of the routine work, and sometimes make it yourself. With his help we go online, make purchases, watch movies, listen to music, communicate with friends, create and edit documents and much more. In addition to using standard computer functions, we can additionally connect to it various equipment. It can be headphones, joysticks, webcams, scanners and, of course, printers. In general, regardless of the operating system, it is quite easy to connect a new device to a computer. This will be helped in every possible way by "Explorer" and "Add Printer Wizard". But no matter how high-quality and reliable the system is, there are always minor malfunctions in the course of the work and unexpected errors appear, especially when it comes to the inexperienced user. For example, you can see the message "Could not open the Add Printer Wizard." The local print subsystem is not running. " About how to properly connect the printer and what to do in the case of the appearance of such a message, we will discuss in this article.

How to connect the printer

So, before you is a new device that you can not wait to connect to a PC. In order to avoid further problems, I would like to note that it is important to check the serviceability of the equipment in advance. When problems occur, users often begin to look for a problem in the computer system, not paying attention to the fact that the printer itself or the wires for its connection can be in a faulty state. Then take care of the compatibility of the device and the computer. The latest models of printers are perfectly adapted for use on almost all types of modern PCs, however, if one of the devices is outdated, there may also be incidents.

Installing the printer

Now connect the printer through the USB-out and plug it into the outlet. Then press the power button on the printer and go to the "Start" and look for there "Devices and printers." At the top you will see a small menu, in which you should select "Printer setup". Next, select the type of device to connect, let it be the "Local printer". In the next step, click on "Use the current port" - this should be a USB port. The next step is to select the drivers. Take this very seriously, because this is the basis for the proper operation of any connected external equipment. As a rule, there are no drivers for the new printer on the computer, they must be removed from the driver disk, it is attached to the new printer. If, for some reason, you did not have this drive (for example, you bought a used equipment) - it's okay, they can be downloaded from the Internet, preferably from the official website of the printer manufacturer. Then enter the name of the printer, what it will be - a huge role for the installation does not play. If you are using the same printer, check the box next to "Install the default printer", wait until the installation is complete - and you can test the new hardware for Windows 7. The "Add Printer Wizard" has completed its work. But sometimes users are faced with further problems with the "wizard", for example, they see the appearance of an error message.

The Add Printer Wizard does not work

Most often, a similar problem occurs when connecting new equipment. When a user enters the Devices and Printers and clicks the Add Printer button , he sees an error: "The Add Printer Wizard could not be opened, restart the system, or restart the computer." As indicated in the message, they try to solve the problem by rebooting, but as a rule, nothing comes out and the error appears again. Eliminate such a problem in several ways. Let's talk about some of them.

The first way to get rid of an error

We click on the bottom of the message "Ok", and it closes automatically. Then you need to go to the "Start" menu, then "Control Panel", and finally - "Programs and Components". On the right side of the screen, you'll see "Enabling or disabling Windows components." Open this menu. In the presented list it is necessary to find "Printing and documents service". Click on "+" and you will see a new list. Check the boxes next to each of the components and click "Ok". After the system performs the changes to all functions, the error message "Failed to open the Add Printer Wizard" should no longer alarm you. If nothing has changed, try a different method.

Other ways to solve the problem

In the "Services" ("My Computer" - "Management"), pay attention to the "Print Manager", it should not be stopped. If not, you will need to start it and reboot the computer. If nothing else has changed, it may be in the latest installed system updates.

The error "Could not open the Add Printer Wizard" may appear due to incorrectly installed updates. Try to rollback (restore the system) until the time for the updates to take effect. The problem can be solved, but what about the updates, because they are still needed? Install them manually. If you upload them one at a time, you can easily identify which one was the cause of the problem. Then you can hide it in the "Updates Center", and in the future it will not disturb you.

"Add Printer Wizard: Access Denied"

There may be such an error. The reason for this can be a clogged folder (registry) spool. This is a small directory that is responsible for the print queue. "Spam" it can become, if you often install different printers, download new drivers and similar software. In the end, it becomes too much to continue the normal operation of the new printer. The registry must be cleaned, it is done in the safe mode of Windows 7. The "Add Printer Wizard" needs to be started again. After that, install all the necessary components again.

Now you know how to fix the "Could not open the Add Printer Wizard" error. It will not be a problem for you anymore.