I see a strange service in my windows 10 system called "User Data Access_14d4fe", with internal service name UserDataSvc_14d4fe.
The path to executable is C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup
I believe it has something to do with Windows Store applications. Can I stop it? Unregister it? What does it do? Its description says "Provides apps access to structured user data, including contact info, calendars, messages, and other content. If you stop or disable this service, apps that use this data might not work correctly.".
I have stopped it and do not see anything not working, I assume it must be affecting something to do with Windows store?
I am unable to change the start up type from manual. I can not disable, or delete it, even using the command line. Is there any way to get rid of this service completely in Windows 10?
Best Answer
This is the User Data Access (UserDataSvc)Service which allows apps access user data, including contact info, calendars, messages, and other content. Apps need such a service because apps run in a sandbox and can't access the data the way like desktop applications would do it.
Leave it running and ignore it, sooner or later you'll run into issues when you stop the service.