Hyper-V Data Exchange Service (vmickvpexchange) Defaults in Windows 10
Provides a mechanism to exchange data between the virtual machine and the operating system running on the physical computer.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Hyper-V Data Exchange Service |
| Service name: | vmickvpexchange |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | LocalSystem |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\System32\icsvc.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmickvpexchange |
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Default Behavior
Hyper-V Data Exchange Service is a Win32 service. In Windows 10 it is starting only if the user, an application or another service starts it. When the Hyper-V Data Exchange Service is started, it is running as LocalSystem in a shared process of svchost.exe along with other services. If Hyper-V Data Exchange Service fails to start, the failure details are being recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 10 will start up and notify the user that the vmickvpexchange service has failed to start due to the error.
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Hyper-V Data Exchange Service
1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config vmickvpexchange start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The vmickvpexchange service is using the icsvc.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 10 installation media.