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What to do if the service doesn't start

The service is very particular about file ownership and permissions, especially where the public/private keys are stored. So double check you haven't skipped any of the steps. There may be some information in the Event Log which may provide assistance.

Alternatively, you can start sshd from a command prompt as follows:

Allow the sshd user to run a command prompt

ntrights -r SeDenyInteractiveLogonRight -u sshd

Start a command prompt as the sshd user

runas /user:sshd C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

Start the OpenSSH daemon from the above command prompt

C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\sbin\sshd -d
You may need to play about with the flags a bit as I did this from memory as I don't have a test server to check it on at present!