Difference between revisions of "Windows Service Host"
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Revision as of 23:48, February 3, 2016
The Windows Service Host is a vital part of the Windows operating system, but also a part which can be troublesome. to some individuals. According to Microsoft,
| “ | svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries. | ” |
Since all internal Windows processes used to be DLLs, Microsoft had a problem when they wanted to switch to executable programs for these services. In the end, they officially made the switch, but old services where left as DLLs. SvcHost was added to the system to run the DLLs as executable programs. The problem with this is that multiple services run under the umbrella Service Host process.