NAME¶

StartServiceA (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

BOOL StartServiceA
(
SC_HANDLE hService,
DWORD dwNumServiceArgs,
LPCSTR* lpServiceArgVectors
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Start a service.

PARAMS¶

hService [In] Handle of service. dwNumServiceArgs [In] Number of arguments. lpServiceArgVectors [In] Address of array of argument strings.

NOTES¶

- NT implements this function using an obscure RPC call. - You might need to do a "setenv SystemRoot \WINNT" in your .cshrc to get things like "%SystemRoot%\System32\service.exe" to load. - This will only work for shared address space. How should the service args be transferred when address spaces are separated? - Can only start one service at a time. - Has no concept of privilege.

RETURNS¶

Success: TRUE. Failure: FALSE

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winsvc.h". Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/service.c". Debug channel "service".