remove services

[Mason Ip]

I have installed a shareware on my NT4 box.
Tried it out and didn't like that. There was no un-install.
So I manually remove the files, remove the entry from the start menu.
But there were two services in "Control Panel / Services" that I
could not remove.
Try regedit, search the names and locate the two service entries
in regedit; triede to remove them but regedit said "cannot remove
entries" or something like this.

So, how can I un-install / remove these service entries (which had
been disabled)?

Thanks.

[pinc...@my-deja.com]

In article <RyEf5.1909$tz6.11...@news1.van.metronet.ca>,
mas...@attachmate.co_ (Mason Ip) wrote:

> So, how can I un-install / remove these service entries (which had
> been disabled)?
>

Some services have a command line switch that will allow you to
register/unregister the service. I know you've deleted the program but
if you ran the service EXE it may may show you some command line
options. Try a -h or -? and see what you get.

Otherwise, go into the registry and delete the keys yourself, but be
careful!! For tasks like this make sure update your ERD and work
carefully. If you're not confident about what you're doing don't do it.

cheers.

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[sysadmin]

You can also try a kixtart script I wrote that do what you want. It can
also install any win32 application as service with a very simple
interface.

[sysadmin]

sorry for the missing address to the previous post !
http://users.otenet.gr/~novastar/scripts/instsrv.zip

[Lin Sprague]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:43:29 GMT, Mason Ip <mas...@attachmate.co_>
wrote:

> Tried it out and didn't like that. There was no un-install.
> So I manually remove the files, remove the entry from the start menu.
> But there were two services in "Control Panel / Services" that I
> could not remove.
>

> So, how can I un-install / remove these service entries (which had
> been disabled)?

I don't know if it will work with NT, but there's a Win2000 utility
called "Delsrv.exe" on the MS web page that claims to to just that. The
description says "This command-line tool unregisters a service by using
Services Control Manager."

You can get it at (the URL is probably wrapped):

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/resources/reskit/tools/exi
sting/delsrv-o.asp

You might also check out KB article Q238458. It's specifically about
removing the timeserv service, but it might give you a clue about how
to kill other services.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q238/4/58.ASP

--

...Lin...

[daniel...@my-deja.com]

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In article <RyEf5.1909$tz6.11...@news1.van.metronet.ca>,
mas...@attachmate.co_ (Mason Ip) wrote:

> I have installed a shareware on my NT4 box.

> Tried it out and didn't like that. There was no un-install.
> So I manually remove the files, remove the entry from the start menu.
> But there were two services in "Control Panel / Services" that I
> could not remove.

> Try regedit, search the names and locate the two service entries
> in regedit; triede to remove them but regedit said "cannot remove
> entries" or something like this.
>

> So, how can I un-install / remove these service entries (which had
> been disabled)?
>

> Thanks.