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2013-06-20

PrintBrm Error 0x8007007b

Running the following command for backing up a printserver configuration

"%SystemRoot%\System32\spool\tools\PrintBrm.exe" -B -S server -F "C:\path\to\backup.pbk"

gave me an error after listing the printer ports:

The following error occurred: 0x8007007b.
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Check the eventlog for detailed information about the error which occurred.

Turns out, PrintBrm doesn't seem to like double quotes around the backup file name, at least not on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. I changed the command line to

"%SystemRoot%\System32\spool\tools\PrintBrm.exe" -B -S server -F C:\path\to\backup.pbk

and the backup ran without issues.

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