Windows could not start the distributed transaction coordinator service on local computer

Question

Dear All,
I'm having an issue starting the DTC service in windows 7 OS. I always got the error message below when im trying to start it.
"Windows could not start the distributed transaction coordinator service on local computer"
Thanks,
Melvin

Answer 1

Hi Melvin,
Please try the following methods to solve this issue:
Method 1: Re-create the MS DTC log, and then restart the service.
Click
Start, type cmd in the search box, and then press
Enter.
Type the command
msdtc -resetlog at the command prompt, and then press
Enter.
Warning: The msdtc -resetlog command can cause data corruption if it is used incorrectly. Make sure that you do not have any pending transactions when you run this
command.
Type the command net start msdtc, and then press
Enter.
Method 2: Set the logon account permissions for the MS DTC service
If Method 1 does not resolve the problem, set the logon account for the MS DTC service to have read and write permissions for the Msdtc.log file. Please follow the steps below:
Click
Start, type cmd in the search box, and then press
Enter.
Type the command
control admintools at the command prompt, and then press
Enter.
Double-click
Services.
In the Services pane, locate
Distributed Transaction Coordinator.
In the
Log On As column, note the account name.  Note: The default logon account for the MS DTC service is the NETWORK SERVICE account.
Start Windows Explorer, and
then open the %windir%\System32\Msdtc folder.
Right-click the
Msdtc.log file, and then click Properties.
Click the
Security tab.
Click the logon account name that you noted
in step 5. For example, click the NETWORK SERVICE account name.
In the
Permissions pane, click to select the Allow check box for the following permissions: ◦Read & Execute  
◦Read    ◦Write
Click
OK.
Click
Yes to accept the security warning.
In the
Services pane, right-click Distributed Transaction Coordinator, and then click
Start.
Method 3: Assign permissions to the NETWORK service to traverse the directory tree
Determine whether the NETWORK service has permissions to traverse through the folder. To do this, follow these steps.
Note: By default, the "Everyone" group has these permissions. For more information, go to the following Microsoft TechNet website:
Bypass traverse checking
Click
Start, type secpol.msc in the search box, and then press
Enter.     
Browse through the following computer configuration: 
        \Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment 
Check for "Bypass traverse checking," and then add the "Everyone" group. 
Update the Group Policy settings on the computer. To do this, click
Start, type gpupdate in the search box, and then press
Enter.
In the
Services pane, right-click Distributed Transaction Coordinator, and then click
Start.
Regards,
Lany Zhang