Can i disable Distributed Link Tracking Client service?

[yxq]

Can i disable Distributed Link Tracking Client service? someone said "This service is for users who are in a domain that have distributed links and a NTFS file system. If these conditions do not apply to your system, disable this service to speed up the system boot. " is it right? Could anyone tell the effect details about the service? or give a sample about this service effect? What condition can disable this service? Thank you.

 

[whs]

I don't think so. This is what it does:"Maintains links with NTFS files within your computer or across a domain". And it also used by AVG for scanning (if you happen to have that).

 

[Bill2]

If you have a file on a Computer A and a shortcut to that file on Computer B, then if you move the file on Computer A to a different location, this service tracks those movements to make sure that the shortcut still resolves to the file. The end-users do not realise that the files have moved, and the links on their desktops still work. Naturally, this makes sense on large networks.

When I last experimented with services, I set this one to disabled and suffered no ill effects. But neither was there any performance boost.

With AVG 2011 the Distributed Link Tracking Client must be set to Automatic and Started or the AVG scan function will not work properly. Setting the service to Manual does not work since scan does not signal the service to start.

 

[whs]

When I last experimented with services, I set this one to disabled and suffered no ill effects

I assume, you did not move user folders to another partition with the Location tab in Properties. Without the service, that would probably not work properly.

 

[Bill2]

I assume, you did not move user folders to another partition with the Location tab in Properties. Without the service, that would probably not work properly.

No I didnt, never felt the need to. But I wonder if somebody who did can verify if disabling this service upsets anything?

 

[rap33042]

I have this Service Disabled.
I am running a stand-alone Desktop computer connected to a router.
I do not have a LAN set up.
I have not seen any problems with this service being disabled with my set up.

For good Services information, go here: Black Viper's Web Site

 

[yxq]

Thank you, i think i should not disable it best.

 

[goscuter1]

I assume, you did not move user folders to another partition with the Location tab in Properties. Without the service, that would probably not work properly.

No I didnt, never felt the need to. But I wonder if somebody who did can verify if disabling this service upsets anything?

Seems to me that I have so many drivers and so many services which are set to automatically run by Default, which I might need one day for some obscure task...

...that it would make more sense, that if I ever had the obscure requirement, I could just...and surely this is CRAZY talking...

...activate the service.



Of course, that might wipe out most of an entire industry literally overnight. So it's probably simply too sensible.

Of course, that industry isn't really a legitimate one...but then I guess, neither are the excuses I'm hearing 'justifying' the Default settings in Windows.

 

[viamala]

When I last experimented with services, I set this one to disabled and suffered no ill effects

I assume, you did not move user folders to another partition with the Location tab in Properties. Without the service, that would probably not work properly.

I was curious about this service and read this thread; additionally I've checked the moving of user folders to another partition - everything works fine with stopped service. One minor issue happen though - until restart of Windows with stooped and disabled service, if I execute shortcut with invalid target, the pop-up notice for invalid target appears three times in a row.

 

[crawfish]

Disabling this service is one of the first things I do after installing Windows. Search the thread below for "correct answer" for more, and note the number of people who found it helpful vs. the phony "official" "answer":

Can't eject USB Hard drive, drive always in use? - Microsoft Community

 

[chev65]

If I had a nickel for every time somebody was in here complaining that something isn't working only to find out that they disabled key services using Black Vipers directions I'd be rich beyond the dreams of Nazareth.

Many of the comments here are greatly misinformed. And good luck remembering which services relate to the problem which was self created by turning off services they "thought" didn't matter.

Been there done that, way too many times. :sarc:

 

[crawfish]

If I had a nickel for every time somebody was in here complaining that something isn't working only to find out that they disabled key services using Black Vipers directions I'd be rich beyond the dreams of Nazareth.

Is that anything like "dreams of avarice"?

Many of the comments here are greatly misinformed. And good luck remembering which services relate to the problem which was self created by turning off services they "thought" didn't matter.

Been there done that, way too many times.

There is a cost/benefit trade-off to disabling any feature. The cost of this one, disk grinding and interference with safe eject of external drives, far outweighed the benefits to me. In particular, while it helps in some contexts (e.g. jumplists) with shortcuts after files have been moved, it doesn't help things like paths saved in the registry, application MRU lists, not even for the built-in programs like WordPad, etc. So it's incomplete at best, as it helps the shortcut itself, but not the rest of the system that resolved the shortcut and stored the path it pointed to. The end result is that the shortcut continues to work, but much of what you previously accessed through that shortcut comes up missing, and to me, that makes it not worth the trouble it causes. It's preferable to avoid creating and depending on shortcuts. The vast majority of the ones I use are created for me by program installers, and I pretty much never move their targets around. When I end up breaking one I created for my own use, it's not the end of the world.

Without addressing the merits of "Black Viper", which is not a site I use, the only "misinformed" comment I've seen is the one about probably being unable to use the Location tab to move folders after disabling the service. That's one of the things I do after installing Windows to move my Documents and Downloads folders to their permanent homes on data drives. It's easy to try it in a VM. As for the other major user data folders, Music/Pictures/Videos, I didn't mention them because I don't use them, and I nuke their respective libraries. I have specific reasons for doing that, too.