Stop/Start Service in Win2k

[Robin Siebler]

That's it.  Thanks!

PS:  If I ever get good enough to write the patch, I'll be happy to do so.


"Mark Hammond" <MarkH at ActiveState.com> wrote in message
news:3B329854.1050405 at ActiveState.com...
> Robin Siebler wrote:
>
> > win32service.SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS)
> > api_error: (1060, 'OpenService', 'The specified service does not exist
as an
> > installed service.')
> >
> >
> > Could someone tell me why this happens and how to fix it?
>
>
> Probably because you need to use the "service short name" rather than
> the "service description".  Most UI tools display the description rather
> than the shortname.  You really need to look in the registry for the
> short name (HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services".
>
> A patch to win32serviceutil that tries to locate the short name given
> the long name would be gratefully accepted :)
>
> Mark.
>