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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 3:26 PM
I have Windows 10 1903 64-bit Pro. I have uninstalled and turned off live tiles as well as turning off background apps for all of the store apps. I also disabled the Store app. The Store app is not running in the background. However, I have noticed AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) start up always when the PC starts up.
The question is why and is it normal? Also when I go to File Explorer and then click on the Video, Pictures, etc folder then this service will start up! If this AppXSVC is associated with the Store app then why does this start when I click on videos folder for example when I already have VLC as the default player? If the videos and pictures have nothing to do with any of the store apps then I don't understand why AppXSVC triggers to run.
In my dads Windows 8.1 Pro PC he also has that service but it does not start up on Windows boot or any of these folders.
In Windows 10 Pro this happens. Now I have not concentrated on this before when I had 1809 version. I only just decided to concentrate on this and have seen this randomly start but also goes away.
Is this behaviour normal and expected and if so why?
Kind regards,
Rahul
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:36 AM
Hi Rahul,
I'm afraid this is not normal. We could disable it and it will not start automatically.
AppX Deployment Service (AppXSvc) is a service that supports the deployment of Store applications.
This service is started on demand and if disabled Store applications will not be deployed to the system, and may not function properly.
You might wonder why this process is running even when you’re not installing anything. Well, that’s because it is updating your Store apps in the background.
Disable it in Registry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\AppXSvc
double click the Start DWORD in the right-hand pane. Change the Value data to 4, click OK, then restart your system. You can Change this back to 3 if you want to enable AppXSvc again.
Also I consider that you could create a new user account to check.
If the issue still insists, the issue may be related to your system files. What’s your system version? My version is Windows 10 1903(OS build 18362.720). It seems to be OK. So type “winver” in Search Bar, then you could check the system version. You could check for update, If you find some security updates, install them.
Regards,
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 9:48 AM
Hello, many thanks for the response Carl.
My version of Windows 10 is Version 1903 (OS Build 18362.329). Yes, it is slightly old as I use blocker tool for Windows update so I haven't updated my Windows 10 these past 6 months or so. I'm afraid to update windows sometimes in case it adds new problems.
I know I can probably disable this manually by disabling the registry. But it would be useful to know which store app is triggering the AppXSvc to run at start-up. This isn't meant to happen but it seems to be programmed to start and stop periodically.
Is there any program I could try that could pinpoint exactly which store app if at all is triggering this to happen? The thing I don't understand is why this service starts up when I click inside my Videos folder in File Explorer.
It is not consuming CPU usage when it starts. But I can confirm it always starts when clicking videos folder and it does start up when booting or restarting the computer even when Client License Service is not running. After a few minutes it does go away, until it gets triggered again randomly and then stops again.
Kind regards,
Rahul