Re: Service Fails to Start, Path Not Found

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From: John D. (JohnD_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/12/04

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    Thank you very much, Leonard. That's exactly what I did, and it worked.
    Thanks for the help!

    John

    "Leonard Severt [MSFT]" wrote:

    > "=?Utf-8?B?Sm9obiBELg==?=" <JohnD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
    > news:C475ADE4-D549-4406-A66F-9521E15BFF2A@microsoft.com:
    >
    > > I'm getting an error that a service fails to start because it cannot
    > > find the path to the file that is the service, a License Manager.
    > >
    > > I know why the path is not found, as it is on a mapped network drive,
    > > V:, that is a share on a local disk, F:. I have no idea why this
    > > mapped drive was referenced. (Done long before I got here and it's
    > > known that when the server reBOOTs, this service MUST be started
    > > manually. Yes, the service is set to start automatically, and yes,
    > > there is an error entry in the Event Viewer.)
    > >
    > > Here is what I have done with no positive results:
    > > - Created a batch file to map the V: drive and
    > > referenced it from the Computer Startup policy.
    > > - Configured the recovery of the service to run this
    > > same batch file and then restart on 1st failure.
    > >
    > > Being as neither of these worked, I would like to change the path of
    > > where to find the file, make it the F: drive, but I cannot find a
    > > place to change the path in the service. It is displayed in the
    > > properties of the service, but I cannot change it.
    > >
    > > Any and all help greatly appreciated.
    > >
    > > AdvThanksance,
    > > John
    > >
    > >
    >
    > What you tried was very creative but it can't work like that. You can't
    > load a service from a network drive, only a local drive. You can change
    > it by directly editing it in the registry. All services and drivers load
    > from the key
    >
    > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
    >
    > Run regedit and go to the services key and find the specific service.
    > You will be able to edit the load of the file there.
    >
    > Leonard Severt
    >
    > Microsoft Enterprise Support
    >
    > --
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    > rights.
    >

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