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How-to fix the Downloaded Maps Broker (MapsBroker) warning

August 26, 2017 By Boudewijn Plomp 5 Comments

For those who often deploy Windows Server 2016; must have noticed the anoying warning in Server Manager about a stopped service named Downloaded Maps Broker (MapsBroker). Although this service is set to ‘Automatic (Delayed Start)’ it does not start automatically as shown in the following screen-capture:  

This service is only started on-demand by application accessing downloaded maps. This annoying but rather small issue is already there for a very long time. It often causes confusion and I can’t understand why Microsoft still hasn’t fixed this. Anyway, luckily there is an easy fix that works flawlessly. At deployment of new environments it has became a routine for me to fix this. The solution (work-around) is as following:

   You have to set the service MapsBroker to ‘manual’ startup.

I would like to note that this issue is being discussed on TechNet Forums and on several blogs. Most people suggest to set the service to ‘disabled’. I do not recommend. In case the MapsBroker service needs to be started on-demand by another service or application, it is unable to. To overcome this issue you have to set it to ‘manually’. There are multiple ways to acomplish this:

  • With a Group Policy Object within Active Directory
  • With a PowerShell command
  • Manually

Group Policy Objects (GPO)

Within a large environemnt with Active Directory it is always best to configure a GPO (Group Policy Object). I prefer to use the a GPO Extension to apply it only once. So that server administrators are able to enabled it anytime they want, in case this service is required to be up-and-running. And at least you get rid of this warning.

    Computer Configuration > Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Services

See the following example:

  

PowerShell

In case you want to fix it on a single server, you can use the following PowerShell syntax:

    Get-Service -Name MapsBroker | Set-Service -StartupType Manual -Confirm:$false

Manually

The last but least way is set it manually. By going to the services console (services.msc) and set the startup setting of the MapsBroker service to ‘Manual’.

I hope this was informative to you.

Filed Under: Microsoft, Windows Tagged With: MapsBroker, Services, Windows

About Boudewijn Plomp

Boudewijn is working as an Senior IT Consultant. His expertise is mainly focused on Microsoft infrastructures, together with Azure cloud services.

Comments

  1. Glenn says

    February 28, 2018 at 4:05 PM

    Thanks Boudewijn! I don’t like disabling services without knowing exactly what they do.

    Reply
  2. Philippe says

    September 6, 2018 at 8:49 AM

    Hi,

    and a fourth by gpo with Registry
    changing HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MapsBroker\Start by 3

    Bst Rgds,

    Reply
  3. Silen Mar says

    September 15, 2018 at 6:11 PM

    Computer Configuration > Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Services

    Where are these?

    Reply
    • Boudewijn Plomp says

      September 15, 2018 at 7:58 PM

      At creating or editing a GPO (Group Policy Object) on Active Directory.

      Reply
  4. Martin says

    April 16, 2020 at 3:08 PM

    Thank you very much. It was most helpful.
    I Wonder why Microsoft keeps us wasting our precious time on such insignificant issues.

    Reply

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