Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) Service Defaults in Windows 11
Coordinates transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and file systems. If this service is stopped, these transactions will fail. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Distributed Transaction Coordinator |
| Service name: | MSDTC |
| Service type: | own |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\System32\msdtc.exe |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSDTC |
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Default Behavior
Distributed Transaction Coordinator is a Win32 service. In Windows 11 it starts only if the user, an application or another service starts it. When the Distributed Transaction Coordinator service is started, it logs on as NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService and running in its own process of msdtc.exe. If Distributed Transaction Coordinator fails to start, the failure details will be recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 11 should boot up and notify the user about the MSDTC service startup failure.
Dependencies
Distributed Transaction Coordinator cannot be started, if the following services won't start:
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Before you begin doing this, make sure that all the services on which Distributed Transaction Coordinator 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 MSDTC start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The MSDTC service is using the msdtc.exe 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.