QueryServiceConfig info  Overview  Group

The QueryServiceConfig function retrieves the configuration parameters of the specified service.

BOOL QueryServiceConfig(

Parameters

hService

Identifies the service. This handle is returned by the OpenService or CreateService function, and it must have SERVICE_QUERY_CONFIG access.

lpServiceConfig

Points to a buffer that receives the QUERY_SERVICE_CONFIG structure in which the service configuration information is returned, plus the strings to which its members point.

cbBufSize

Specifies the size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by the lpServiceConfig parameter.

pcbBytesNeeded

Points to a variable that receives the number of bytes needed to return all the configuration information if the function fails.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Errors

The following error codes can be set by the service control manager. Others can be set by the registry functions that are called by the service control manager.

Remarks

The QueryServiceConfig function returns the service configuration information kept in the registry for a particular service. This configuration information is first set by a service control program using the CreateService function. This information may have been updated by a service configuration program using the ChangeServiceConfig function.

If the service was running when the configuration information was last changed, the information returned by QueryServiceConfig will not reflect the current configuration of the service. Instead, it will reflect the configuration of the service when it is next run. The DisplayName key is an exception to this. When the DisplayName key is changed, it takes effect immediately, regardless of whether the service is running.

See Also

ChangeServiceConfig, CreateService, OpenService, QUERY_SERVICE_CONFIG, QueryServiceObjectSecurity, QueryServiceStatus