Re: Starting a process "cmd.exe" from within a service...

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Hi Marius,
When you say CMD.EXE 'hangs', does that mean that the window never
appears? If so, I suspect that the process is running ok but it's not
running on the visible desktop. Try this as a test:

1) Open your service in the control panel
2) Change the service to "Log on as: Local System Account"
3) Check "Allow service to interact with desktop"
4) Run the test again

Another thing to try is to have your service write its output to a
file, and then check to see if that file exists when your test is
complete.

Hope this helps,
John

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