What service(s) in services.msc do I need to enable for the Personalisation > Themes tab to work correctly?

I’m running bare services on Windows 10 version 1909. I have everything running smoothly but the Themes tab under Settings > Personalisation which shows this error:

I know this is a result of me disabling a certain service because running the entire selection of the default Windows services solves the issue. The problem is that most of them are unnecessary and consume precious resources running in the background, so I have them toggled off. Which specific service is in charge of this tab or the Immersive Control Panel in general? I have Themes enabled and that’s not it.

No, I’m not running /sfc scannow or DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth. No, I’m not updating, reinstalling or repairing my Windows install. This gets rid of all the changes I made. I’m looking to toggle this specific feature back on and nothing else. Thanks in advance.

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My name is Rhaine, I’m Independent Community Volunteer. I’m so glad assisting you today
I am also using Windows 10 pc. Let us work together to sort this out.

You can refer to this link below and proceed with the steps.

Disclaimer: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

if all else fails perform the repair upgrade mentioned in this link

I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

With Warm Regards,
Rhaine C.

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Rhaine, I know how to do basic Google searching. Renaming the key to BannerStoreOld and restarting does nothing. The rest of the solutions are meant to resolve issues with corrupt Windows installs which I don’t have. I already said I know the fault is in a specific service I disabled, I just need to know which one. If I use the default service selection the issue goes away.

This can easily be solved by having someone who actually knows something about these services tell me which specific service or services are in charge of this very specific functionality. If you’re going to give me generic «repair/reinstall/update your system» responses don’t bother replying. Doing so undoes the changes I applied which make using this OS actually possible.

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I appreciate your swift response, you are getting that error if there files missing in the system . If the steps above did not work , no worries since this is an open forum,we can ask assistance from other community volunteers with their feedback and suggestion with this issue.

For the meantime you go to services.msc and check if the «themes» service is set to automatic.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

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Windows ships with only the minimum services needed.

The 184 services I disabled that save me 300MB+ of background memory usage (that could otherwise be used to power programs I actually run intentionally) any time the system is running — and that’s not even talking about increasing system latency — say otherwise.

You’re extremely naive to think Windows 10 ships with «minimum services» needed to function; please do tell how you need Xbox, WiFi (on a wired connection), Bluetooth, Game bar, Cortana, Printers, Mail and Contacts, Alarms, Maps, Movies & TV, Remote Desktop Sharing, Error Reporting and Feedback, telemetry and diagnostic utilities, automatic updates, Windows Defender and Firewall etc. etc. to run Windows.

I bet you didn’t even know the Candy Crush Friends and Farm Heroes Saga apps Microsoft installed on your computer even existed.

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You’re extremely uneducated if you think that 300 MB of RAM means anything at all to a modern computer, or if you think you understand the full interaction of system services, or if you think you know Windows better than its own developers.

But you will be among those who post here after an update crashes their computer to complain that Microsoft is so stupid, they should fire all their programmers, where can I join a lawsuit, etc.

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Tough luck pal, mentioning Windows update really goes to show just who the «uneducated» person here really is. Why would I need to update a system that has proper security measures and runs perfectly well with all the QoL and performance modifications I did to it? I guess enjoy tailgating Windows on every update they release running into every single issue each one features.

You’re on the last version of Windows too, correct? Paid for your license and everything, yeah? Submit to using the Microsoft account and the Store in order to manage the apps your computer uses? Maybe consult Cortana from time to time, make appointments with your Contacts and send your plans to them by Windows Mail? What a joke.

300 MB of RAM would mean a lot to a weaker system or a laptop. These extra 300-500 MB of RAM are consumed not only when you sit idly at your desktop (needlessly so!) but also when you’re working with your programs; while you’re doing resource-intensive things like editing or rendering videos or audio files, or playing videogames.

Why let them choke and stutter because Microsoft wants to run services you don’t need in the background? But no, I guess let’s listen to the «Microsoft developers» who advocate using telemetry services in the OS to begin with and suggest resetting the system to factory defaults so Microsoft can enable all the awful features again every time something goes wrong.

I found the service. It ended up being the AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC). Never found a use for it until now since I disabled and removed the Store from my Windows completely, along with the other features I didn’t need. My games work flawlessly, Windows boots up lightning fast and I’m not having any performance issues since I applied these tweaks whatsoever.

This is issue is solved and thread can be locked if you folks still do that. Enjoy your bloated OS!

How to open Windows Services Manager in Windows 10

At times you may need to open and manage your Windows Services. You may want to stop some service, start it, disable the service, delay its start-up or resume or pause the Windows Service. At such time, the Services Manager, which is a built-in tool in the Windows operating system, will help you. This post will show you how to open your Windows Services, using Services Manager as well as the Command Prompt.

Windows Services are applications that typically start when the computer is booted and run quietly in the background until it is shut down. Strictly speaking, a service is any Windows application that is implemented with the services API and handles low-level tasks that require little or no user interaction.

How to open Windows Services Manager

To open the Windows Services Manager on your Windows 10 computer, do the following:

1. Right-click on the Start button to open the WinX Menu
2. Select Run
3. Type services.msc in the Run box which opens
4. Windows Services Manager will open.

Here you will be able to start, stop, disable, delay Windows Services.

Let us see how to do this in a bit more detail.

Right-click on your Start button to open the WinX Menu. Select Run. This opens the Run box. Now type services.msc in it and hit Enter to open the Services Manager.

Here, under the Name column, you will see the list of Services running on your system, along with their description. You will also be able to see their Status -whether they are running or stopped, along with the Startup types.

Types of Windows Services startup

Windows 10 offers four start-ups types:

1. Automatic
2. Automatic (Delayed Start)
3. Manual
4. Disabled.

Start, stop, disable Windows Services

To start, stop, pause, resume or restart any Windows Service, select the Service and right-click on it. You will be offered these options.

If you wish to manage more options, double-click on the Service to open its Properties box.

Here, under the Startup type drop-down menu, you will be able to select the startup type for the Service.

Under Service status, you will see buttons to Start, Stop, Pause, Resume the Service.

In the Properties box, you will also see other tabs like Log On, Recovery & Dependencies, which offer additional options and information.

Once you have made your changes, you will have to click on Apply and restart your computer, for the changes to take effect.

Read: What does Automatic (Trigger Start) and Manual (Trigger Start) mean for Windows Services?

Manage Services using Command Line

You can also use the Command Prompt to start, stop, pause, resume service. To use it, from the WinX Menu, open Command Prompt (Admin) and execute one of the following commands:

To start a service:

To stop a service:

To pause a service:

To resume a service:

To disable a service:

It is recommended that you not change the default settings unless you know what you are doing, as this can cause some parts of your operating system to stop working. When you stop, start, or restart a service, any dependent services are also affected, so you want to be careful here.

How To Manage Windows Services with services.msc

Windows operating system provides services in order to complete tasks in the foreground. There may become different types of job services in order to accomplish tasks like printing, network authentication, encryption, etc. Windows provides a lot of services by default. But more services can be added by third-party applications or other tools. services.msc is a shortcut to the service management console. In this tutorial, we will look at how to open and manage services with services.msc .

Open Windows Services Manager

Services Manager is used to managing operating systems services. There are different ways to open the Services Manager.

By writing Services to the search we will be listed the Services Manager . This will work with Recent Windows Operating systems like Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016.

More compatible way to open Service Manager is running services.msc command in the Run . This will work all windows versions like Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016.

Show/Display Service Status

After opening the Services Manager panel we will see a lot of services that are in a different states. There is two basic services status type

• Running means services is running as expected
• Stopped means services is not running and active.

We can see from screenshot that Service like Application Information is running without a problem. but service BranchCache is stopped and not running.

Change Service Status with GUI

We can change the service status. We can start or stop a service with net command which is provided by the operating system. But as you expect we need Administrator privileges in order to start and stop the service. We can use GUI too in order to manage Windows services with related buttons like start, stop, resume, etc. after select relevant service from the list.

For command line we need open a Administrator pribileged MSDOS or Powershell. Just right click to the opened box and Run as administrator .

Show Windows Service Status In Command Line

We will use sc command which is the main tool used to manage windows service. We will use query parameter in order to list given service status. We will list service named Application Info which is named as Appinfo in windows services.

As we can see from screenshot it has type 30 which is a Win32 service.

Start Windows Service In Command Line

We will use sc command with start parameter and service name in order to start the service named Appinfo .

Stop Windows Service In Command Line

We can stop the service with stop parameter. But keep in mind that some services may take some time to stop. After stopped the related session state of the session will be lost.

Pause windows Server In Command Line

Another state of windows service is pause state which is rarely used. We can pause service for a short time.

Resume Windows Service In Command Line

We need also resume paused windows service. We can use resume paramter for this.

Start Service On Boot

Services are started after a reboot automatically if they are set enabled. If not and set to Manual start we need to start them manually. We can enable auto service to start after a reboot with config command like below.