Working with Smart Cards over Windows pe

[Annie Haramad]

I'm building a WinPE (3.0 from Windows 7, or 10.0 from Windows 10; it doesn't matter to me) image and need smart card compatibility.
I tried to follow the steps mentioned in the following link:

but unfortunately, it didn't work for me; the service scardsvr is not running, and when I tried to start it - I got this error message "The executable program that this service is configured to run in does not implement the service."

So, does someone know what I should do to make it work properly?

Thanks a lot!