Stop and Start Services in a script

[AntonioGNAL]

Hello Everyone,

I'm creating a script to install a program and i need to apply some patches after the installation is complete. However, those patches require to stop and start some services and i'm unable to do so.

The part of the script to manage the services is as follows:

; Patches Start!
; Stop services to be able to copy the patch files
RunWait("net stop SafeCom" & "Service", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait("net stop Spooler", @SW_HIDE)
; Copy the SafeCom patches to the main directory
FileCopy($d & "\scDevUtilLib.dll", "E:\SafeComG3\", 1)
FileCopy($d & "\scMoneyServer.exe", "E:\SafeComG3\", 1)
FileCopy($d & "\scUserImportLib.dll", "E:\SafeComG3\", 1)
; Start the services to complete the process and start working
RunWait("net start Spooler", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait("net start SafeCom" & "Service", @SW_HIDE)
; Finish!

I know the files are trying to copy themselves, but the services are not stopping preventing the files from being overwritten.

Any ideas of what i'm doing wrong?

Thanks a lot.

Best regards,

[water]

Get the return value from RunWait and see if there are any problems.

$iResult = RunWait("net stop SafeCom" & "Service", @SW_HIDE)

And shouldn't there be a space between "SafeCom" and "Service"?

[AntonioGNAL]

I found the problem.

I can't use RunWait to stop services, but i can use it to exacute an external bat file who does.

; Patches Start!
$Stop = @WorkingDir & "StopServices.bat"
$Start = @WorkingDir & "StartServices.bat"
; Stop services to be able to copy the patch files
RunWait($Stop) ;, @SW_HIDE)
; Copy the SafeCom patches to the main directory
FileCopy(@WorkingDir & "scDevUtilLib.dll", "E:SafeComG3", 1)
FileCopy(@WorkingDir & "scMoneyServer.exe", "E:SafeComG3", 1)
FileCopy(@WorkingDir & "scUserImportLib.dll", "E:SafeComG3", 1)
; Start the services to complete the process and start working
RunWait($Start) ;, @SW_HIDE)
; Finish!

Problem Solved!

Thanks.

[jazzyjeff]

Glad you solved it. Another way you can try it though without adding a bat file to the mix is this:

RunWait(@Compsec & ' /c net stop SafeCom' & 'Service', '',@SW_HIDE)

Edited November 21, 2011 by jazzyjeff

[HorseMan]

You can start or stop services from an AutoIT script...

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'net start YourService', "", @SW_HIDE)

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'net stop YourService', "", @SW_HIDE)

Edited March 29, 2012 by HorseMan