title: Azure Service Fabric: cannot run Microsoft Service Fabric Host Service
body: <p>I have a problem with Azure Service Fabric.</p>
  
  <p>I have installed it (on Windows 7) as it was said in <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/service-fabric-get-started/" rel="nofollow">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/service-fabric-get-started/</a>.</p>
  
  <p>But when I try to run a Service Fabric application from Visual Studio  I see that Windows service Microsoft Service Fabric Host Service ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\FabricHost.exe") fails to start.
  This service hangs for several minutes and then finishes with the following error message:</p>
  
  <p><em>Faulting application name: FabricHost.exe, version: 5.0.217.100, time stamp: 0x571a85d8
  Faulting module name: FabricHost.exe, version: 5.0.217.100, time stamp: 0x571a85d8
  Exception code: 0xc0000602
  Fault offset: 0x00000000000b3146
  Faulting process id: 0xb34
  Faulting application start time: 0x01d1b90822b3eb43
  Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\FabricHost.exe
  Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\FabricHost.exe
  Report Id: 0b7cff13-24fc-11e6-bccf-e06995ddb2c0</em></p>
  
  <p>How can I fix it?</p>