PwServices

[TeamChris]

I have pwservices.exe version 4.0.0.1 and when I choose Tools -> Show
Windows Services status... I get prompted if I want to run or save the
file, and when I choose Run nothing else happens. When I double-click
on pwservices.exe Iet the same thing.

Also, when I use the Windows Service Wizard to configure the service
to run as a service it shows me that the service is installed but not
started. When I select the Start radio button and click Next I get a
message, "Service office2 failed to start".

Any ideas on what may be happening?

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, TeamChris wrote:

> I have pwservices.exe version 4.0.0.1 and when I choose Tools -> Show
> Windows Services status... I get prompted if I want to run or save the
> file, and when I choose Run nothing else happens. When I double-click
> on pwservices.exe Iet the same thing.

Here's what I think is happening: When you download the program, Windows
marks it as "suspicious" in some way, because it didn't come from a signed
installer. This causes a problem when the PWUI tries to use it.

If you double-click it (which you would never have occasion to do
normally), you may get a chance to tell Windows to stop asking this
question. If you allow it to run, it will do nothing except maybe write
some logging, because you haven't given it any parameters.

Does Windows let you say to stop asking? Does that solve the problem?

> Also, when I use the Windows Service Wizard to configure the service
> to run as a service it shows me that the service is installed but not
> started. When I select the Start radio button and click Next I get a
> message, "Service office2 failed to start".

You use pwservices when you run a service as a Windows service, rather
than as a "Print Wizard service". If anything goes wrong, its only
recourse is to write to the log. So check the log for what might be the
problem.

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[TeamChris]

When I double-click pwservices.exe the only option Windows gives me is
to not ask for that type of file.

I enabled logging and then tried Show Windows Services status... again
and View log tells me "Service name was not provided".

[Bob Rasmussen]

I'll look at this, looks like a bug. You can also check the status of
Windows services by clicking "Windows service wizard" in the Tools menu.