QuickBooks Can’t Complete the Current Action Due to a Missing Component: Highly Effective Guide

QuickBooks users regularly save their data in PDF files, and when a requirement comes up, they easily print or email these PDF files through the appropriate method.

However, many errors prevent QB users from printing & saving PDF files in QuickBooks Desktop, and one of the error messages that show up on the screen is ‘QuickBooks Can’t Complete the Current Action Due to a Missing Component’.

This blog can show you the practical ways to comfortably tackle this difficult technical glitch.

Troubled by the ‘QuickBooks Can’t Complete the Current Action Due to a Missing Component’ error? Just dial 1-855-856-0042  to get assistance from our QB Specialists Team.

   Why Do QB Users Have to Confront ‘QB Desktop PDF Component Missing Error’?

The ‘QB Desktop PDF Component Missing Error’ generally comes up on the screen due to the reasons explained below:

• Improper access rights to the ‘TEMP’ folder on the system & defective ‘Microsoft XPS Document Writer’ can provoke this error.
• If the user has an older edition of QuickBooks Desktop, then problems may arise while saving & printing PDF files.

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How Can ‘QuickBooks PDF Component Missing Error Message’ Be Resolved?

The relevant techniques to root out ‘QuickBooks PDF Component Missing Error Message’ are provided below:

Technique 1: Access & promptly execute ‘QuickBooks PDF & Print Repair Tool’ to fully tackle this intricate technical glitch

• First of all, promptly reach the official Intuit website to download the most recent version of ‘QuickBooks Tool Hub’ on your system, and after that, you should also save its file (‘QuickBooksToolHub.exe’) to an appropriate place like the ‘Downloads Folder’.
• Thereafter, just access the ‘Downloads Folder’ to easily launch the ‘QuickBooksToolHub.exe’ file, and then you can successfully execute the steps that are needed for swift installation of ‘QB Tool Hub’ on the computer.
• Next, move to the precise location where the ‘QB Tool Hub’ icon is located & then double-click on that icon to finally open up ‘QB Tool Hub’, after which you can successfully strike on the ‘Programs Problems’ tab.
• At this point, simply access & correctly execute the ‘QuickBooks PDF & Print Repair Tool’, following which you will be able to easily save as well as print PDF files from QuickBooks Desktop.

Technique 2: Gain complete access privileges for all user names in the ‘TEMP’ folder settings

• Here, the first appropriate task is to access the ‘TEMP’ folder, and for that, the first step is to press the ‘Windows + R’ keys together to get the ‘Run’ window, following which you have to write ‘%TEMP%’ in the ‘Run’ window box immediately.
• Afterward, just press the ‘Enter’ key to execute the command written in the ‘Run’ window, and then you will instantly obtain the ‘TEMP’ folder window on the screen.
• Thereafter, simply right-click within the screen of the ‘TEMP’ folder to choose the ‘Properties’ tab, and then you can shift to the ‘Security’ tab provided on the newly-opened ‘Properties’ window.
• At this point, set ‘Full Control’ permissions for all the user names shown within the ‘Security’ tab of the ‘Properties’ window, following which you can move back to QuickBooks Desktop to print PDF files.

If you use these effective techniques properly, the ‘QuickBooks Can’t Complete the Current Action Due to a Missing Component’ error will be easily eradicated. For more help & guidance, you can dial 1-855-856-0042  to reach out to our QB Professionals Team.

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