Windows Service Control Functions - 2021/06/21 - beta.1

[TheArkive]

Thanks to user heresy for posting this way back when here.

Functions include:

• Service_List()
• Service_Start()
• Service_Stop()
• Service_State()
• Service_Add()
• Service_Delete()

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Updates

2021/06/21:

• tested and working on a137
• fixed a silly mistake that went unchecked for a while

2021/05/29:

• tested and working on a136

2021/05/08:

• changes for a134
• chagned BufferAlloc() and Buffer()

2021/04/16:

• tested and working on a131
• moved code to GitHub
• filled out the documentation on GitHub

2021/03/13:

• updated for a129
• added some more examples and comments

2020/10/28:

• Fixed up Service_Add() and Service_Delete() (tested and working on my system - make sure you have admin rights!)
• Added text output option for Service_State(svcName,textOutput := false)
• Created a better example for looping through the output Map() returned by Service_List()
• Can't get DllCall("GetServiceKeyName") to work, suggestions welcome. The remnants of my attempts are at the bottom of the script.

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ToDo List

• add option/param to enable delayed auto-start for Service_Add()

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Download on GitHub

[TheDewd]

Did you intend to attach your scripts to this post? I don't see it. Thanks!

[TheArkive]

@TheDewd
yah my bad... fixed

[TheArkive]

Update 2020/10/28:

• Fixed up Service_Add() and Service_Delete() (tested and working on my system - make sure you have admin rights!)
• Added text output option for Service_State(svcName,textOutput := false)
• Created a better example for looping through the output Map() returned by Service_List()
• Can't get DllCall("GetServiceKeyName") to work, suggestions welcome. The remnants of my attempts are at the bottom of the script.

[TheArkive]

Update: 2021/03/13

• updated for a129
• added some more examples and comments

Planning to add the ability to define "delayed auto start".

[ziwzih]

This something I've been searching for!!! I am pretty inexperience when it comes to this level of code but I can't seem to get the _Windows_Service_Controls to run. It gives me

Error at line 227.
Line Text: A_LastError
Not allowed as an output variable.

Any tips to get this bad boy up and running? Thanks!

[TheArkive]

The only way I can replicate your error is to run this script with AutoHotkey v1.1

This lib is for AutoHotkey v2.beta-1+

Other than that, if you use the proper AHK version, just uncomment the examples to see how it works.