{"id":79120,"date":"2025-07-26T17:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=79120"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:21:46","slug":"windows-sandbox-0x800706d9-cmservice-1068","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-sandbox-0x800706d9-cmservice-1068\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Sandbox Error 0x800706D9 and Container Manager Service Error 1068"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you launch Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 or 11, the app may stall at the splash screen for over three minutes, and then the error code 0x800706d9 may be shown. The full error message verbatim is mentioned below:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Windows Sandbox failed to start.\r\n\r\nError 0x800706d9. There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper.\r\n\r\nWould you like to submit feedback about this issue?\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sandox-error-0x800706d9.png\" alt=\"windows sandox error 0x800706d9\" width=\"422\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the following error may be logged into the SYSTEM event log.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Log Name:      System\r\nSource:        Service Control Manager\r\nDate:          \r\nEvent ID:      7001\r\nTask Category: None\r\nLevel:         Error\r\nKeywords:      Classic\r\nUser:          N\/A\r\nComputer:      \r\nDescription:\r\nThe Container Manager Service service depends on the HV Host Service service which failed to start because of the following error: \r\nThe service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>When you try to start the Container Manager Service using Services MMC, the following error occurs:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Windows could not start the Container manager service on Local Computer.\r\n\r\nError 1068: The dependancy service or group failed to start.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cmservice_error_1068.png\" alt=\"container manager service error 1068\" width=\"399\" height=\"171\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>The above errors occur if the dependent services are not started.\u00a0Windows Sandbox depends on the following services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Container Manager Service (cmservice)<\/li>\n<li>Hyper-V Host Compute Service (vmcompute)<\/li>\n<li>HV Host Service (hvhost)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"qt\">Error 0x800706d9 (&#8220;EPT_S_NOT_REGISTERED&#8221;) means &#8220;There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper.&#8221;Error 1068 (&#8220;ERROR_SERVICE_DEPENDENCY_FAIL&#8221;) means &#8220;The dependency service or group failed to start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>Launch <strong>Services.msc<\/strong> and configure the following services correctly.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Start type<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Container Manager Service<\/td>\n<td>Automatic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hyper-V Host Compute Service<\/td>\n<td>Manual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HV Host Service<\/td>\n<td>Manual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Start the services manually. If any errors occur, they must be resolved before you can use Windows Sandbox.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Alternatively, you can run the following commands from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-windows\/\">admin Command Prompt<\/a> to configure the above services.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"cmd\">sc.exe config cmservice start= auto\r\n\r\nsc.exe config hvhost start= demand\r\n\r\nsc.exe config vmcompute start= demand\r\n\r\nnet start hvhost\r\n\r\nnet start vmcompute\r\n\r\nnet start cmservice\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Try launching Windows Sandbox now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you launch Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 or 11, the app may stall at the splash screen for over three minutes, and then the error code 0x800706d9 may be shown. 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