This minifilter tracks the dependencies associated with the various nested volumes/filesystems.
This service also exists in Windows 10, 11 and 8.
Windows 7 edition | without SP | SP1 |
---|---|---|
Starter | Manual | Manual |
Home Basic | Manual | Manual |
Home Premium | Manual | Manual |
Professional | Manual | Manual |
Ultimate | Manual | Manual |
Enterprise | Manual | Manual |
Display name: | File System Dependency Minifilter |
Service name: | FsDepends |
Type: | filesys |
Path: | %WinDir%\System32\drivers\FsDepends.sys |
Error control: | critical |
Group: | Filter |
The File System Dependency Minifilter service is a file system driver. If the File System Dependency Minifilter fails to load or initialize, the error is logged and the computer attempts to restart with the LastKnownGood configuration. If the LastKnownGood configuration fails, Windows 7 startup also fails, and the boot process halts with a Stop error. If you disable this service, Windows 7 will fail to start. Do NOT change this service startup configuration if your computer is working.
File System Dependency Minifilter will not start, if the FltMgr service is stopped or disabled.
1. Select your Windows 7 edition and Service Pack, and then click on the Download button below.
2. Save the RestoreFileSystemDependencyMinifilterWindows7.bat file to any folder on your hard drive.
3. Right-click the downloaded batch file and select Run as administrator.
4. Restart the computer to save changes.
Note. Make sure that the FsDepends.sys
file exists in the %WinDir%\System32\drivers
folder. If this file is missing you can try to restore it from your Windows 7 installation media.