Microsoft driver for storage devices supporting IEEE 1667 and TCG protocols (EhStorTcgDrv) Service Defaults in Windows 10
Microsoft driver for storage devices supporting IEEE 1667 and TCG protocols by Microsoft Corporation.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Microsoft driver for storage devices supporting IEEE 1667 and TCG protocols |
| Service name: | EhStorTcgDrv |
| Service type: | kernel |
| Error control: | normal |
| Group: | SCSI Class |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\EhStorTcgDrv.sys |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EhStorTcgDrv |
Default Behavior
Microsoft driver for storage devices supporting IEEE 1667 and TCG protocols is a kernel device driver. In Windows 10 it is starting only if the user, an application or another service starts it. If Microsoft driver for storage devices supporting IEEE 1667 and TCG protocols fails to start, the failure details are being recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 10 will start up and notify the user that the EhStorTcgDrv service has failed to start due to the error.
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Microsoft driver for storage devices supporting IEEE 1667 and TCG protocols
1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config EhStorTcgDrv start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The EhStorTcgDrv service is using the EhStorTcgDrv.sys file that is located in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers directory. If the file is removed or corrupted, read this article to restore its original version from Windows 10 installation media.