Windows Mobile Hotspot Service (icssvc) Defaults in Windows 11
Provides the ability to share a cellular data connection with another device.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Windows Mobile Hotspot Service |
| Service name: | icssvc |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Group: | TDI |
| Object: | NT Authority\LocalService |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted -p |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\System32\tetheringservice.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\icssvc |
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Default Behavior
Windows Mobile Hotspot Service is a Win32 service. In Windows 11 it starts only if the user, an application or another service starts it. When the Windows Mobile Hotspot Service is started, it logs on as NT Authority\LocalService and running in a shared process of svchost.exe. If Windows Mobile Hotspot Service fails to start, the failure details will be recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 11 should boot up and notify the user about the icssvc service startup failure.
Dependencies
Windows Mobile Hotspot Service cannot be started, if the following services won't start:
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Windows Mobile Hotspot Service
Before you begin doing this, make sure that all the services on which Windows Mobile Hotspot Service 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 icssvc start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The icssvc service is using the tetheringservice.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 11 installation media.