Trying to start Windows Firewall error 0x8007042c

Judman13 · Nov 1, 2023

Hello all!

After my computer would not resume from sleep I had to do a hard restart and now my windows firewall will not start. I noticed the issue due to not being able to get my wireguard VPN to activate because it could not create the appropriate firewall rules.

Now I see in my event log lots of BFE service and Microsoft Defender Firewall service errors.

Only things I have done so far is check sc query mpssvc and sc qc mpssvc and try to run the "repair" (method 3) listed in this microsoft help thread: “0x8007042c” error message when you try to start Windows Firewall - Microsoft Support.

Results of sc query mpssvc:

Code:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sc query mpssvc

SERVICE_NAME: mpssvc
        TYPE               : 20  WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
        STATE              : 1  STOPPED
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 1068  (0x42c)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0

Results of sc qc mpssvc

Code:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sc qc mpssvc
[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: mpssvc
        TYPE               : 20  WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNoNetworkFirewall -p
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   : NetworkProvider
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : Windows Defender Firewall
        DEPENDENCIES       : mpsdrv
                           : bfe
        SERVICE_START_NAME : NT Authority\LocalService

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Trying to start Windows Firewall error 0x8007042c

Judman13

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