In this tutorial, learn how to fix “Hamachi service stopped” error in Windows 10/8/7.
Hamachi is a popular service, but a lot of Windows users reported Hamachi service stopped message while using it. This error message pops up that means that Hamachi not working on your Windows PC, but there’s a way to deal with this error.
Hamachi service result: [yellow] -> service status: stopped
- Hamachi tunnel problem: Sometimes this issue can occur due to your antivirus software. To fix this problem, we guest you disable or uninstall your antivirus and check to see if that solves the issue.
- Hamachi service status stopped: This issue can appear if other services aren’t running on your PC. In order to fix this issue, make sure that WMI service is running before launching Hamachi.
- Hamachi service stopped can’t start, keeps stopping, not found: This problem can occur due to your services and settings, thus to fix the problem you might have to change them accordingly.
If you’re running the LogMeIn Hamachi software and you get the “Hamachi service stopped” error, here is how you can fix it.
How To Fix Hamachi service stopped on Windows 10/8/7
Method 1. Create a script to automatically restart the Hamachi service
This way will lead you to create a script that helps you automatically restart the Hamachi service. If you are getting problems with Hamachi service stopped message, this workaround perhaps will help you.
Step 1. Type “notepad” in the search box and select Run as administrator. This will run Notepad as Administrator.
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Step 2. Enter below lines into Notepad:
net stop Hamachi2Svc
net start Hamachi2Svc
start “C:\Program Files (x86)\LogMeIn Hamachi\hamachi-2-ui.exe”
exit
Step 3. Click File > Save as.
Step 4. Change Save as type to All Files and type HamachiReload.cmd as the File name. Select C:\Windows\System32 as the save location. Click Save.
You can download the HamachiReload.cmd file – HamachiReload.cmd
After creating the HamachiReload.cmd file, you can create an event in Task Scheduler and change this script to repeat itself every couple of hours, or you can run it manually to restart the services. Now we will guide how to create an event in Task Scheduler and change this script to repeat itself every couple of hours.
1. Press Windows Key + R and type “taskschd.msc” in the Run dialog box. Click OK.
2. Click Action > select Create Task… as shown below:
3. In the General tab, enter a name for the task.
Next, go down to Security options to tick “Run only when user is logged on“.
After that, set the Configure into Windows 10. Click OK.
4. Go to the Triggers tab, and click on the New… button.
Change the Begin the task to At startup.
Next, make sure the Enabled box is ticked. Click OK.
5. Go to the Actions tab and click the New… button.
Set Action as Start a program.
Next, click Browse and go to C:\Windows\System32, find HamachiReload.cmd and tap Open.
Click OK.
6. Go to the Conditions tab and untick everything. Click OK.
7. Next time you start your Windows PC, Hamachi will automatically restart the service.
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Method 2. Make sure that WMI service is running
Certain applications need that certain services are running in order to work, and the same goes for LogMeIn Hamachi. Hence, if Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service is down or disabled, the Hamachi service stopped error can happen.
Step 1. Press Windows Key + R and type services.msc in the Run dialog box. Click OK or press Enter.
Step 2. In the Services window, find to double-click the Windows Management Instrumentation service in order to open its Properties.
Step 3. Change the Startup type to Automatic. If the service isn’t running, click the Start button to start it. Click Apply > OK to save changes.
Once you start this service, run Hamachi and check to see if the issue remains there.
Method 3. Make sure that the Hamachi services are running and check your security settings
If you keep receiving Hamachi service stopped error message, it’s possible that your security permissions are interfering with Hamachi or that certain services are not running. To fix that, follow these steps below:
Step 1. Open the Services window, find LogMeIn Hamachi Tunneling service and then change its Startup type to Automatic.
Step 2. Switch to the Log On tab and select Local System account. Next, tick “Allow service to interact with desktop“. Click Apply > OK.
Now, you need to change the security settings for Hamachi. This is quite easy and you can do it by following these below steps:
Step 1. Navigate to the C:\Program Files (x86)\LogMeIn Hamachi directory, locate and right-click the hamachi-2.exe and click Properties from the menu.
Step 2. Switch to the Security tab and then click Edit.
Step 3. From the list, choose your user account and make sure that Full control option is ticked in Allow column. You need to add Users group to the list and give them Full Control privileges for Hamachi as well.
After making these changes, run Hamachi to check the problem.
Method 4. Check your antivirus software
Sometimes Hamachi service stopped message can occur if your antivirus software is interfering with Hamachi or blocking it in any method. In order to fix the issue, you need to change your antivirus software settings to make sure Hamachi isn’t blocked by it.
If Hamachi isn’t blocked, then you need to try disabling your antivirus entirely and check if that helps. If the problem stills persist, your last option would be to uninstall your antivirus software and restart your Windows PC can help you solve the problem.
There are many amazing antivirus tools on the market, but if you want a reliable antivirus that won’t interfere with your system, you should definitely try out Smadav Antivirus.
Method 5. Reinstall Hamachi
If Hamachi service stopped error stills happening on your Windows PC, the issue might be your installation. Sometimes your Hamachi installation can get corrupted, and in order to fix the issue we suggest you reinstall Hamachi.
There are several methods to do that, but the best solution is to use uninstaller software such as Your Uninstaller!. Your Uninstaller! is a great application that will delete all files and registry entries associated with the application you’re trying to uninstall.
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After that, Hamachi will be completely uninstalled from your Windows PC. Once you completely uninstall Hamachi using this way, download and install Hamachi latest version and the issues should be resolved.
Hamachi service stopped usually appears if there’s a problem with one of your services, but you should be able to fix this problem using the methods from this tutorial.
Hope something helps you.
