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Hi there I was researching a problem for a program I have on my computer. The program relies on the SSDP Discovery service to be started first BUT it is not added as a dependency...
I would like to add SSDP Discovery as a dependency to this service so it will start up after SSDP Discovery starts and avoid the issue I am having.
How do I add a dependency to an existing service?
I am currently running Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium.
Radical924
Posted 2013-12-19T23:05:13.137
Reputation: 135
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Go to the service key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services add a DependsOnService value appending the service short name. See this example from Terminal Services
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\TermService]
"DependOnService"=hex(7):52,00,50,00,43,00,53,00,53,00,00,00,54,00,65,00,72,00,\
6d,00,44,00,44,00,00,00,00,00
Translated values
RPCSS
TermDD
Knuckle-Dragger
Posted 2013-12-19T23:05:13.137
Reputation: 1 817
A reboot probably wouldn't hurt, but unsure if is needed. Report back. – Knuckle-Dragger – 2013-12-19T23:11:32.833
Cool! That worked perfectly... I edited a DepondOnService key and added in the "SSDPSRV" service name. Now let's hope this actually fixes the problem I was having lol. Have a good day! – Radical924 – 2013-12-19T23:26:06.250