Drivepool shows "starting service" for hours even though drive is usable

[Crustyman]

As the title says Drivepool has been taking ages for the GUI to load on Windows 11 lately, same with Stablebit Scanner.  Both show as "starting service" but the applications appear to be working in the background and the services are successfully running.  I have tried resetting the settings and also reinstalling but the problem persists.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

I think you have a ticket for this open already.  But yeah, that's very unusual.   I'm personally running it on several Windows 11 systems (a mix of 21H2 and 22H2), and don't see this issue. 

That said, does Disk Management take forever to open too? 

[muaddib]

Did this get solved?

[muaddib]

I found the fix here

 

[Greg C]

HI everyone

I'm having the same issue, except the 'fix' isn't helping. I continue to get the Starting Service message and it continues for hours.

As well as deleting teh contents of the folders, I've also Repaired and uninstalled / re-installed the software wth reboots between.

My biggest concern, I've deleted the UI - do I still have a license key? I noted that I'd need to re-enter the key when the UI comes back up again.

Are there any other solutions or suggestions?