The Homegroup Listener Service on one of my machines will not start. It shows an error code of -2147467262 (0x80004002). Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Hi, Please try the following steps to troubleshoot the issue. 1. Leave HomeGroup completely a. Click the Start Button, type "cmd" (without quotation marks), in the search result list, right click on Cmd.exe and select Run as administrator. Note: If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. b. In the popup window, type the following commands and press Enter one by one: Net stop p2pimsvc c. Access t he following folder and clear all files inside: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\PeerNetworking d. Click the Start Button, type "cmd" (without quotation marks), in the search result list, right click on Cmd.exe and select Run as administrator. Net start p2pimsvc After that, please check whether the service can be started or not. If not, please proceed to the next steps. 2. Verify the Server service and assure the status is started. 3. Replace the system file and registry key. Please copy the following files on another Windows 7 machine which HomeGroup Listener service can start normally and import them to the problematic one. a. Locate the ListSvc.dll file under the folder C:\Windows\System32. Remove the old one and paste the new one. b. Navigate the following registry key on another Windows 7 machine and export it. Then, please copy and import it on the problematic machine. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\HomeGroupListener If the issue persists after performing above suggestions, I suggest you run System File Checker (SFC) to verify whether any system file is corrupted. Thanks, Novak

I am having the same problem. Doing step 1 would still not let Listener Service to start, and before going to Steps 2 & 3, I wanted to ask it there would be a problem if one computer runs x64 while the one which will not start Listener Service (and will also not start Server Svc) is running 32 bit. I note the file sizes shown for ListSvc.dll are different and don't know enough about the registry to know if one being 32 bit and the other 64 presents a problem. Thanks My email is billneedham at gmail dot com

I've been messing about with this for a couple of days now as well and have found that my problem was to do with windows not recognising my firewall, open action center and check to see if windows see's your firewall, if not activate windows firewall and the service will start.

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately that isn't the root of my problem.