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I am attempting to start/stop services via a script. The command is
sc stop "service name"
It is failing with this error
{SC} OpenService FAILED 123:

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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have you tried:

sc \\servername stop "service name"

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And be sure to use the Service Name, not the display name. check via ..
sc query

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And be sure to use the Service Name, not the display name. check via ..
sc query

That was it. I used this script several months ago and it worked using the display name. Using the service name as displayed with the query commmand worked. thanks a million.

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Occasionally it would, because sometimes Service Name is the same as the Display Name, as you would have noticed.
Cheers.

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