Is there a way to run a batch file to restart the print spooler?

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My wife is learning to hate Windows. The print spooler keeps stopping which means she cannot print anything even to her local USB printer. This never happens on my Windows 11 laptop. There is a sequence of net stop spooler then net start spooler that will do the job but the prospect of asking her to open a batch file as Administrator is more than I can face. Open Services to stop and start the Spooler? No. I want either Microsoft to fix this intermittent headache (which updates do not fix) or give a way that can be reduced to an batch file on her desktop.

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