Windows Encryption Provider Host Service (WEPHOSTSVC) Defaults in Windows 11
Windows Encryption Provider Host Service brokers encryption related functionalities from 3rd Party Encryption Providers to processes that need to evaluate and apply EAS policies. Stopping this will compromise EAS compliancy checks that have been established by the connected Mail Accounts.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Windows Encryption Provider Host Service |
| Service name: | WEPHOSTSVC |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | NT AUTHORITY\LocalService |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k WepHostSvcGroup |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\system32\wephostsvc.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WEPHOSTSVC |
Default Behavior
Windows Encryption Provider Host Service is a Win32 service. In Windows 11 it starts only if the user, an application or another service starts it. When the Windows Encryption Provider Host Service is started, it logs on as NT AUTHORITY\LocalService and running in a shared process of svchost.exe. If Windows Encryption Provider Host 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 WEPHOSTSVC service startup failure.
Dependencies
Windows Encryption Provider Host Service cannot be started, if the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service won't start.
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Windows Encryption Provider Host Service
Before you begin doing this, make sure that all the services on which Windows Encryption Provider Host 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 WEPHOSTSVC start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The WEPHOSTSVC service is using the wephostsvc.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.