Re: Delay a Windows Service to start

You can probably improve the method by adding this line
to your batch file:
%SystemRoot%\System32\net.exe stop "NameOfYourService"
since there is no need for your service to keep on running after
it has delay-started the original service. Let me know how you go!

"Joel" <Joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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WoW! I think that will work, I really appriciate your answer,

Regards, Joel :)

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

I can't comment on your method since I have not tried it so
far. However, the following method will work. It will start
the "Windows Time" service some 60 seconds after you
start your own custom-made service.

1. Create the batch file c:\Windows\Joel.bat with these lines:
@echo off
%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /c echo Start %time% >> c:\test.txt
%SystemRoot%\System32\ping.exe localhost -n 60
%SystemRoot%\System32\net.exe start "Windows time"
%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /c echo End %time% >> c:\test.txt
%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /c echo. >> c:\test.txt

2. Go through the motions of this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890
When entering the data for the "Application" value, enter this:
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c c:\windows\Joel.bat

3. Manually stop the "Windows Time" service.

4. Manually start the service you have just created under the guidance
of the KB article.

5. Check the contents of c:\test.txt.

6. Adjust c:\windows\Joel.bat to suit your requirements.


"Joel" <Joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi!
I took VS 2005 with the help of an article
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zt39148a(VS.80).aspx
In the onStart I just put a loop because I tought that the service was
changing is status to started after going in the OnStart event. I'm
really
not a Windows Service programmer specialist.

Regards, Joel :)
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Joel" <Joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bonjour!
I have a service that I want to delay because it needs to be up
before
end.
So I created a Windows service (Delay Service) and my application
will
start
after that service has started but it doesn't work. In the OnStart
of
the
service I loop for one minute, but when I install the service and
start,
it
automatically say's it is started even if I have that loop.
Does someone had a similar and how did you solved it??

Regards Joel :)

How did you create this service? What are its commands?
How did you implement the delay?








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