Thx for the tip.  I tried that and I don't see any difference except that when I try and start the service the dialog says:
"Windows could not start the Mosquitto Broker service on Local Computer.  Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion"
In the failure I get basically the same up to the point of the success above but get in addition:
8:57:49.0403536 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryKey	HKLM	SUCCESS	Query: HandleTags, HandleTags: 0x0
8:57:49.0403638 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryKey	HKLM	SUCCESS	Query: Name
8:57:49.0403808 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegOpenKey	HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers	REPARSE	Desired Access: Read
8:57:49.0404495 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegOpenKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Read
8:57:49.0404811 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegSetInfoKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers	SUCCESS	KeySetInformationClass: KeySetHandleTagsInformation, Length: 0
8:57:49.0404953 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers	SUCCESS	Query: HandleTags, HandleTags: 0x400
8:57:49.0405103 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegOpenKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers\Tcpip6	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Read
8:57:49.0405336 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryValue	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers\Tcpip6\WinSock 2.0 Provider ID	SUCCESS	Type: REG_BINARY, Length: 16, Data: C0 B0 EA F9 D4 26 D0 11 BB BF 00 AA 00 6C 34 E4
8:57:49.0405458 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers\Tcpip6	SUCCESS	
8:57:49.0405557 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock\Setup Migration\Providers	SUCCESS	
8:57:49.0405758 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryKey	HKLM	SUCCESS	Query: HandleTags, HandleTags: 0x0
8:57:49.0406745 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryKey	HKLM	SUCCESS	Query: Name
8:57:49.0406990 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegOpenKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\Winsock	REPARSE	Desired Access: Read
8:57:49.0407830 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegOpenKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\Winsock	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Read
8:57:49.0408446 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegSetInfoKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP6\Parameters\Winsock	SUCCESS	KeySetInformationClass: KeySetHandleTagsInformation, Length: 0
8:57:49.0408636 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryValue	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP6\Parameters\Winsock\MinSockaddrLength	SUCCESS	Type: REG_DWORD, Length: 4, Data: 28
8:57:49.0408750 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryValue	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP6\Parameters\Winsock\MaxSockaddrLength	SUCCESS	Type: REG_DWORD, Length: 4, Data: 28
8:57:49.0408845 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegQueryValue	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP6\Parameters\Winsock\UseDelayedAcceptance	SUCCESS	Type: REG_DWORD, Length: 4, Data: 0
8:57:49.0409433 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP6\Parameters\Winsock	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8316585 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	Thread Exit		SUCCESS	Thread ID: 5520, User Time: 0.0156250, Kernel Time: 0.0468750
8:58:18.8319664 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	Thread Exit		SUCCESS	Thread ID: 2816, User Time: 0.0000000, Kernel Time: 0.0000000
8:58:18.8323840 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rsaenh.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\rsaenh.dll
8:58:18.8324337 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cryptsp.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\cryptsp.dll
8:58:18.8324945 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winrnr.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\winrnr.dll
8:58:18.8325877 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dnsapi.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\dnsapi.dll
8:58:18.8326343 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mswsock.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\mswsock.dll
8:58:18.8326939 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nlaapi.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\nlaapi.dll
8:58:18.8327239 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pnrpnsp.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\pnrpnsp.dll
8:58:18.8327444 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NapiNSP.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\NapiNSP.dll
8:58:18.8327779 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bcryptprimitives.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\bcryptprimitives.dll
8:58:18.8327827 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cryptbase.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\cryptbase.dll
8:58:18.8327831 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sspicli.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\sspicli.dll
8:58:18.8327831 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gdi32.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\gdi32.dll
8:58:18.8337841 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nsi.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\nsi.dll
8:58:18.8338544 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll
8:58:18.8338797 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll
8:58:18.8339531 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rpcrt4.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\rpcrt4.dll
8:58:18.8339949 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\advapi32.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\advapi32.dll
8:58:18.8340364 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll
8:58:18.8340861 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\user32.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\user32.dll
8:58:18.8341165 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll
8:58:18.8341477 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ws2_32.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\ws2_32.dll
8:58:18.8342038 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\System32\wow64win.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\System32\wow64win.dll
8:58:18.8342630 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\System32\wow64.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\System32\wow64.dll
8:58:18.8343463 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\System32\wow64cpu.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\System32\wow64cpu.dll
8:58:18.8343798 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
8:58:18.8344055 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	QueryNameInformationFile	C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll	SUCCESS	Name: \Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
8:58:18.8345113 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	Process Exit		SUCCESS	Exit Status: 0, User Time: 0.0156250 seconds, Kernel Time: 0.0468750 seconds, Private Bytes: 5,668,864, Peak Private Bytes: 5,783,552, Working Set: 9,740,288, Peak Working Set: 9,760,768
8:58:18.8345673 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	CloseFile	C:\Windows	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8346652 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	CloseFile	C:\Windows\SysWOW64	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8348661 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SESSION MANAGER	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8352550 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CustomLocale	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8352771 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8352952 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8353075 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Sorting\Ids	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8353201 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8353339 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\Protocol_Catalog9	SUCCESS	
8:58:18.8353473 AM	mosquitto.exe	3840	RegCloseKey	HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\NameSpace_Catalog5	SUCCESS