Are you facing svchost.exe error and had run windows update, recently, then read through the article to learn how to fix the svchost.exe error. If you have already tried, you would be knowing that even the Safe Mode produces the same error. While you may think that the faulting application is truly svchost.exe, the problem is with the updates.
If you want to know how to fix svchost exe, just read the following steps carefully:
Go to Start > Run, and enter CMD. In the command window enter the following command: REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL. Now wait till you see the “DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded” message. Now do this for each of the following commands:
REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL
Following this, enter the following commands:
net stop WuAuServ.
cd %windir%
ren SoftwareDistribution SD_OLD.
Restart the Windows Update Service by typing the following the command: net start WuAuServ.
Close the command prompt and reboot the system.