I ran into this issue on Windows 2025 Server with QuickBooks 2024 and stumbled upon a solution to the error message when opening QuickBooks: QuickBooks detected that a component required to create PDF files is missing.

I ensured the XPS printer was installed and working, but apparently, QuickBooks checks the name of the XPS Printer.  It must be named exactly: Microsoft XPS Document Writer

Once I named it correctly, the error went away.  As a sanity check, I renamed it to something else and the error returned!  I hope this helps someone!