Windows 10: Function Discovery Provider Host MS serice

My PC


Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor 3.60 GHz

Installed RAM 32.0 GB

Device ID 74DC40EA-E2BC-41E2-8CBB-B90923DF7FDB

Product ID 00326-10000-00000-AA530

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch Pen support


Edition Windows 10 Home

Version 20H2

Installed on ‎17/‎06/‎2020

OS build 19042.870

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0


fdPHost service is not running at boot up even though in services it's status is "running" I have to start it manually and then stop and restart the function discovery resource publication service in order to see my laptop.

Like many others I have had this problem of not being able to see the PC from the laptop it can see itself in the Network in explorer.I have tried many many suggestions and fixes after Googling but nothing has been a permanent fix.

Does this look like a registry problem and does anyone have the registry settings for this service?

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Function Discovery Provider Host

Function Discovery Provider Host & Function Discovery Resource PublicationWhat is the difference between these two options, automatic or delayed start?

 

Function Discovery Provider Host

Function Discovery Provider Host----
The FDPHOST service hosts the Function Discovery (FD) network discovery providers. These FD providers supply network discovery services for the Simple Services Discovery Protocol (SSDP) and Web Services – Discovery (WS-D) protocol. Stopping or disabling the FDPHOST service will disable network discovery for these protocols when using FD. When this service is unavailable, network services using FD and relying on these discovery protocols will be unable to find network devices or resources.

Function Discovery Resource Publication ----
Publishes this computer and resources attached to this computer so they can be discovered over the network. If this service is stopped, network resources will no longer be published and they will not be discovered by other computers on the network.

Automatic means it will start as the computer is booting up. Delayed means it will wait until after the boot up is complete before it starts.

Hope that helps.

 

Function Discovery Provider Host randomly stops

I have set up the 4 primary network related services as "Automatic - delayed start" on my local systems to get them networked properly. These services are (1) "Function Discovery Provider Host", (2) "Function Discovery Resource Publication", (3) "SSDP Discovery", and (4) "UPnP Device Host". I also have enabled "SMBv1Client" on them. It it has been working fine except for the new computer I just got. The "Function Discovery Provider Host" keeps stopping on this computer and I have no idea why. Although I can see shares on other computers from this new one, at times I cannot access the shares on the new computer from other computers. Once the FDPH service is running again, I then can access them. Another strange thing is even though the new computer is booted up after other computers, somehow it has become the "Master Browser". I don't know if that has any effect on the situation. Any ideas?

Thanks,
JohnD