Top "Windows-services" questions

Windows services are background service processes run by the Service Control Manager on Windows NT based operating systems, similar to daemons or UNIX services.

How do you run CMD.exe under the Local System Account?

I'm currently running Vista and I would like to manually complete the same operations as my Windows Service. Since the …

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Error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion

I have recently inherited a couple of applications that run as windows services, and I am having problems providing a …

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How to check if a service is running via batch file and start it, if it is not running?

I want to write a batch file that performs the following operations: Check if a service is running If is …

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Run batch file as a Windows service

In order to run one application, a batch file has to be kicked off (which does things like start Jetty, …

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How to create a windows service from java app

I've just inherited a java application that needs to be installed as a service on XP and vista. It's been …

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"Automatic" vs "Automatic (Delayed start)"

When installing Windows services there are two options for automatically starting a Windows service on Windows startup. One is Automatic, …

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How to uninstall a Windows Service when there is no executable for it left on the system?

How do I uninstall a Windows Service when there is no executable for it left on the system? I can …

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Modifying the "Path to executable" of a windows service

I'd like to modify the path to my application, but doing so breaks it because the service still points to …

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Start / Stop a Windows Service from a non-Administrator user account

I have a WindowsService named, say, BST. And I need to give a non-Administrator user, UserA, the permissions to Start/…

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Error 5 : Access Denied when starting windows service

I'm getting this error when I try to start a windows service I've created in C#: My Code so far: …

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