Win32_Service class

The Win32_Service WMI class represents a service on a computer system running Windows. A service application conforms to the interface rules of the Service Control Manager (SCM), and can be started by a user automatically at system start through the Services control panel utility, or by an application that uses the service functions included in the Windows API. Services can start when there are no users logged on to the computer.

A user connecting from a remote computer must have the SC_MANAGER_CONNECT privilege enabled to be able to enumerate this class. For more information, see Service Security and Access Rights.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all of the inherited properties. Properties and methods are in alphabetic order, not MOF order.

Syntax

class Win32_Service : Win32_BaseService
{
  boolean  AcceptPause;
  boolean  AcceptStop;
  string   Caption;
  uint32   CheckPoint;
  string   CreationClassName;
  string   Description;
  boolean  DesktopInteract;
  string   DisplayName;
  string   ErrorControl;
  uint32   ExitCode;
  datetime InstallDate;
  string   Name;
  string   PathName;
  uint32   ProcessId;
  uint32   ServiceSpecificExitCode;
  string   ServiceType;
  boolean  Started;
  string   StartMode;
  string   StartName;
  string   State;
  string   Status;
  string   SystemCreationClassName;
  string   SystemName;
  uint32   TagId;
  uint32   WaitHint;
};

Members

The Win32_Service class has these types of members:

• Methods
• Properties

Methods

The Win32_Service class has these methods.

Properties

The Win32_Service class has these properties.

AcceptPause

Data type: boolean

Access type: Read-only

Service can be paused.

AcceptStop

Data type: boolean

Access type: Read-only

Service can be stopped.

Caption

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Short description of the object—a one-line string.

CheckPoint

Data type: uint32

Access type: Read-only

Value that the service increments periodically to report its progress during a long start, stop, pause, or continue operation. For example, the service increments this value as it completes each step of its initialization when it is starting up. The user interface program that invokes the operation on the service uses this value to track the progress of the service during a lengthy operation. This value is not valid and should be zero when the service does not have a start, stop, pause, or continue operation pending.

CreationClassName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (256)

Name of the first concrete class to appear in the inheritance chain used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of the class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.

Description

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Description of the object.

DesktopInteract

Data type: boolean

Access type: Read-only

Service can create or communicate with windows on the desktop.

DisplayName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Display name of the service. This string has a maximum length of 256 characters. The name is case-preserved in the Service Control Manager. However, DisplayName comparisons are always case-insensitive.

Constraint: Accepts the same value as the Name property.

Example: "Atdisk"

ErrorControl

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Severity of the error if this service fails to start during startup. The value indicates the action taken by the startup program if failure occurs. All errors are logged by the computer system.

Value	Meaning
"Ignore"	User is not notified.
"Normal"	User is notified.
"Severe"	System is restarted with the last-known-good configuration.
"Critical"	System attempts to restart with a good configuration.
"Unknown"	Severity of the error is unknown.

 

ExitCode

Data type: uint32

Access type: Read-only

Windows error code that defines errors encountered in starting or stopping the service. This property is set to ERROR_SERVICE_SPECIFIC_ERROR (1066) when the error is unique to the service represented by this class, and information about the error is available in the ServiceSpecificExitCode property. The service sets this value to NO_ERROR when running, and again upon normal termination.

InstallDate

Data type: datetime

Access type: Read-only

Date object is installed. This property does not require a value to indicate that the object is installed.

Name

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Key

Unique identifier of the service that provides an indication of the functionality that is managed. This functionality is described in the Description property of the object.

PathName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Fully qualified path to the service binary file that implements the service.

Example: "\SystemRoot\System32\drivers\afd.sys"

ProcessId

Data type: uint32

Access type: Read-only

Process identifier of the service.

Example: 324

ServiceSpecificExitCode

Data type: uint32

Access type: Read-only

Service-specific error code for errors that occur while the service is either starting or stopping. The exit codes are defined by the service represented by this class. This value is only set when the ExitCode property value is ERROR_SERVICE_SPECIFIC_ERROR (1066).

ServiceType

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Type of service provided to calling processes.

The values are:

"Kernel Driver"

"File System Driver"

"Adapter"

"Recognizer Driver"

"Own Process"

"Share Process"

"Interactive Process"

Started

Data type: boolean

Access type: Read-only

Service has been started.

StartMode

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Start mode of the Windows base service.

Value	Meaning
"Boot"	Device driver started by the operating system loader (valid only for driver services).
"System"	Device driver started by the operating system initialization process. This value is valid only for driver services.
"Auto"	Service to be started automatically by the service control manager during system startup.
"Manual"	Service to be started by the Service Control Manager when a process calls the StartService method.
"Disabled"	Service that cannot be started.

 

StartName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Account name under which a service runs. Depending on the service type, the account name may be in the form of DomainName\Username. The service process is logged by using one of these two forms when it runs. If the account belongs to the built-in domain, then .\Username can be specified. For kernel or system-level drivers, StartName contains the driver object name (that is, \FileSystem\Rdr or \Driver\Xns) which the I/O system uses to load the device driver. Additionally, if NULL is specified, the driver runs with a default object name created by the I/O system based on the service name.

Example: "DWDOM\Admin"

Windows XP:  You can use UPN format (Username@DomainName) to specify the StartName.

Windows 2000:  To change from a specified user to the LocalSystem account, use .\LocalSystem.

State

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Current state of the base service.

The values are:

"Stopped"

"Start Pending"

"Stop Pending"

"Running"

"Continue Pending"

"Pause Pending"

"Paused"

"Unknown"

Status

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Current status of the object. Various operational and nonoperational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses include: "OK", "Degraded", and "Pred Fail" (an element, such as a SMART-enabled hard disk drive, may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future). Nonoperational statuses include: "Error", "Starting", "Stopping", and "Service". The latter, "Service", could apply during mirror-resilvering of a disk, reload of a user permissions list, or other administrative work. Not all such work is online, yet the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.

The values are:

"OK"

"Error"

"Degraded"

"Unknown"

"Pred Fail"

"Starting"

"Stopping"

"Service"

SystemCreationClassName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Type name of the system that hosts this service.

SystemName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Name of the system that hosts this service.

TagId

Data type: uint32

Access type: Read-only

Unique tag value for this service in the group. A value of 0 (zero) indicates that the service does not have a tag. A tag can be used to order service startup within a load order group by specifying a tag order vector in the registry located at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\    GroupOrderList

Tags are only evaluated for Kernel Driver and File System Driver start type services that have Boot or System start modes.

WaitHint

Data type: uint32

Access type: Read-only

Estimated time required, in milliseconds, for a pending start, stop, pause, or continue operation. After the specified time has elapsed, the service makes its next call to the SetServiceStatus method with either an incremented CheckPoint value or a change in CurrentState. If the amount of time specified by WaitHint passes, and CheckPoint has not been incremented, or CurrentState has not changed, the service control manager or service control program assumes that an error has occurred.

Remarks

The Win32_Service class is derived from Win32_BaseService.

Examples

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Requirements

See also

Operating System Classes

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