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programmaticall y removing a service

I would like to write a program that can remove a windows service and I do
not wish to use the windows installer. Can someone point me in the right
direction?
Thanks
Nov 17 '05 #1
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"J Childs" <JC*****@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
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I would like to write a program that can remove a windows service and I do
not wish to use the windows installer. Can someone point me in the right
direction?
Thanks

This program exists it's called sc.exe (Service Controller) and included
with the system, just call it using Process.Start using the correct
argments.
run sc from the command line to get a list of options.

Willy.
Nov 17 '05 #2

"J Childs" <JC*****@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
news:72******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
I would like to write a program that can remove a windows service and I do
not wish to use the windows installer. Can someone point me in the right
direction?
Thanks


A service is nothing more than a bunch of registry entries. Look at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SYSTEM\Curr entControlSet\S ervices\[whatever]

David

Nov 17 '05 #3

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