What is spoolsv.exe?

spoolsv.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the spoolsv.exe version information.

spoolsv.exe's description is "Spooler SubSystem App"

spoolsv.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows.

spoolsv.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about spoolsv.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on spoolsv.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionSpooler SubSystem App
Internal namespoolsv.exe
Original filenamespoolsv.exe.mui
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version10.0.10240.16384
File version10.0.10240.16384 (th1.150709-1700)

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionSpooler SubSystem App
Internal namespoolsv.exe
Original filenamespoolsv.exe.mui
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version10.0.10240.16384
File version10.0.10240.16384 (th1.150709-1700)

Digital signatures [?]

spoolsv.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Production PCA 2011
Certificate serial number330000004ea1d80770a9bbe94400000000004e

VirusTotal report

None of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the spoolsv.exe file.

None of the 61 anti-virus programs detected the spoolsv.exe file.

Other files also named spoolsv.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD558c17d92ad61ec7a98b05f4fad0d205a
SHA256b881134a1bd9194145a9d18bdb34d57e2c167f06c2a9368459d0c33e6e0d6501

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to spoolsv.exe:

spoolsv.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

spoolsv.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Spooler SubSystem App has stopped working.

End Program - spoolsv.exe. This program is not responding.

spoolsv.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

spoolsv.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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