Windows Store Service (WSService)

Contents 1 General Information 2 Windows 8 2.1 Default Description 2.2 Additional Information 2.3 Default Startup Type 2.4 Service Names 2.5 Default Path and Command Line Options 2.6 Log On As 2.7 Dependencies 3 Additional Reading

General Information

This service is new for Windows 8.

Windows 8

Default Description

Provides infrastructure support for Windows Store.This service is started on demand and if disabled applications bought using Windows Store will not behave correctly.

Additional Information

None at this time.

Default Startup Type

OS	WDP
Windows 8 WDP	Manual

Service Names

Service Name (registry): WSService

Display Name: Windows Store Service(WSService)

Default Path and Command Line Options

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation

Log On As

Account: Local Service (unchangeable)

Dependencies

Note: No dependencies are listed for any service in the WDP build I used to draft this information.

Additional Reading

None at this time.