How to start, stop, pauze, restart or get the status of a service on your computer

11 Sep

Posted by aRo` as vb6

With the code below you can manipulate services on your computer.
Calling the function
ServiceStop “”, “SERVICENAME”
Declaration
Option Explicit
‘API Constants
Public Const SERVICES_ACTIVE_DATABASE = “ServicesActive”
‘ Service Control
Public Const SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP = &H1
Public Const SERVICE_CONTROL_PAUSE = &H2
‘ Service State – for CurrentState
Public Const SERVICE_STOPPED = &H1
Public Const SERVICE_START_PENDING = &H2
Public Const SERVICE_STOP_PENDING = &H3
Public Const SERVICE_RUNNING = &H4
Public Const SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING [...]