Function Discovery Provider Host (fdPHost) Service Defaults in Windows 7
The FDPHOST service hosts the Function Discovery (FD) network discovery providers. These FD providers supply network discovery services for the Simple Services Discovery Protocol (SSDP) and Web Services - Discovery (WS-D) protocol. Stopping or disabling the FDPHOST service will disable network discovery for these protocols when using FD. When this service is unavailable, network services using FD and relying on these discovery protocols will be unable to find network devices or resources.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Function Discovery Provider Host |
| Service name: | fdPHost |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | NT AUTHORITY\LocalService |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\system32\fdPHost.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\fdPHost |
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Default Behavior
Function Discovery Provider Host is a Win32 service. In Windows 7 it won't be started if the user doesn't start it. When the Function Discovery Provider Host service is started, it is running as NT AUTHORITY\LocalService in a shared process of svchost.exe. Other system components, such as drivers and services, may run in the same process. If Function Discovery Provider Host fails to start, Windows 7 attempts to write the failure details into Event Log. Then Windows 7 startup should proceed and the user should be notified that the fdPHost service is not running because of the error.
Dependencies
Function Discovery Provider Host is unable to start, if at least one of the following services is stopped or disabled:
If Function Discovery Provider Host is stopped, the following services cannot start:
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Function Discovery Provider Host
Before you begin doing this, make sure that all the services on which Function Discovery Provider Host depends are configured by default and function properly. See the list of dependencies above.1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config fdPHost start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The fdPHost service is using the fdPHost.dll file that is located in the C:\Windows\system32 directory. If the file is removed or corrupted, read this article to restore its original version from Windows 7 installation media.