• 1809 – Randomly named services

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    Whilst looking at another issue I noticed that Windows 10 1809 has a number of services that randomly rename themselves after each reboot… by changing the name of the service by appending an underscore then 5 random characters (letters and/or numbers).

    Checking further, it appears that Task Manager shows both the services with and without their random 5-character append whilst the Services.msc snap-in only shows the services with their random 5-character append.

    Task Manager shows both services sorted (by default) by Name… which is actually the Service Name whilst the Services.msc snap-in shows just the one service by Name… which is actually the Display Name. Both include descriptions of each service… but they’re different:

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    The randomly-named services in question (by Display Name) are (at the moment):

      [*]Bluetooth User Support Service
      [*]CaptureService
      [*]Clipboard User Service
      [*]Connected Devices Platform Service*
      [*]ConsentUX
      [*]Contact Data
      [*]DevicePicker
      [*]DevicesFlow
      [*]GameDVR and Broadcast User Service
      [*]MessagingService
      [*]PrintWorkflow
      [*]Sync Host
      [*]User Data Access
      [*]User Data Storage
      [*]Windows Push Notifications User Service

    * This is (currently) the only service that shows both the non-randomised and randomly-named service of the same base name in Task Manager.

    I wonder if it’s Microsoft trying to make it more difficult for end-users to ‘fiddle’ with services by randomly changing the names of the services?

    Anyone else with an idea why this change of behaviour?

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