Service Stop Start Notification

[ChrisL]

I need to know if a service is still running or not

I can use ServiceControl.au3 and _ServiceRunning(@computername,"stisvc") but is there a way of getting an event notification that a service is starting or stopping without keep manually checking?

Thanks

Edited August 6, 2014 by ChrisL

[JLogan3o13]

You would configure this on the service itself. Under the properties menu, under fist failure, you can run an application or script to notify you. If it is a service you are creating, I believe you can also set an external application as a dependency, but I would have to look into whether that has changed since XP.

[ChrisL]

Thanks, not sure that will work as it's another application is stopping and starting the service and I have an event listener on the WIA service, if another application stops and starts the service the event listener no longer works. So the service isn't actually failing.