Windows 10 spoolsv.exe keeps crashing in Windows 10, spooler dependency MsQuic not found under services

[piyushstv]

Hi

The spool service used to crash randomly but would work find when I do a restart in services. However, since a recent update it has been crashing every single time I try to print any document on ANY printer (physical or virtual).


One issue which I could figure out is that there is a spooler service dependency "MsQuic" which I cannot locate anywhere. Maybe since this service isn't running, so are the crashes. May someone help in either:

1. Restoring MsQuic, or
   
2. Removing MsQuic from spooler service dependency

Device details: HP Envy x360

i7 7th Gen, 12GB RAM

OS is up to date : Windows 10 version 20H2, build ID 19042.685


Event log:


Faulting application name: spoolsv.exe, version: 10.0.19041.685, time stamp: 0xb09ed598
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000100000000
Faulting process ID: 0x3b58
Faulting application start time: 0x01d6e0dbdf7c76f8
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\spoolsv.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report ID: 23524223-d22a-473f-9f32-8b578ed0ee4c
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

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