Deleting a Service

Deleting a Service

In the following example, a service configuration program uses the OpenService function to get a handle with DELETE access to an installed service object. The program then uses the service object handle in the DeleteService function to remove the service from the SCM database.

BOOL DeleteSampleService() 
{ 
    schService = OpenService( 
        schSCManager,       // SCManager database 
        TEXT("Sample_Srv"), // name of service 
        DELETE);            // only need DELETE access 
 
    if (schService == NULL)
    { 
        printf("OpenService failed (%d)/n", GetLastError()); 
        return FALSE;
    }
 
    if (! DeleteService(schService) ) 
    {
        printf("DeleteService failed (%d)/n", GetLastError()); 
        return FALSE;
    }
    else 
        printf("DeleteService succeeded/n"); 
 
    CloseServiceHandle(schService); 
    return TRUE;
}