Here's source to a simple class that adds / removes services, it would be a 2 minutes job to add this into an app (I thought I'd post this as illwill forgot to post his source )
service manager.cpp:
/*
Used to install service
Written by tibbar@governmentsecurity.org
You can use this code in your own projects, but you must give credit for
the original source...
*/
#include "service manager.h"
#pragma comment(lib,"Advapi32.lib")
CServiceManager::CServiceManager()
{
}
CServiceManager::~CServiceManager()
{
}
HANDLE CServiceManager::OpenServiceManager()
{
return OpenSCManager(NULL,NULL,SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
}
HANDLE CServiceManager::AddService(SC_HANDLE hSCManager, LPCTSTR lpServiceName,LPCTSTR lpDisplayName,LPCTSTR lpBinaryPathName)
{
HANDLE newService = CreateService (hSCManager, lpServiceName, lpDisplayName,
SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS,
SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS,
SERVICE_AUTO_START,
SERVICE_ERROR_IGNORE,
lpBinaryPathName, NULL, NULL,
NULL, NULL, NULL);
return newService;
}
BOOL CServiceManager::ServiceStart(SC_HANDLE hService)
{
return StartService(hService,NULL,NULL);
}
HANDLE CServiceManager::ServiceOpen(SC_HANDLE hSCManager,LPCTSTR lpServiceName)
{
return OpenService(hSCManager, lpServiceName,DWORD SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
}
BOOL CServiceManager::ServiceDelete(SC_HANDLE hService)
{
return DeleteService(hService);
}
BOOL CServiceManager::CreateAndStartService(LPCTSTR serviceName,LPCTSTR displayName,LPCTSTR binaryPathName)
{
// for binary path name, use format: "\"d:\\my share\\myservice.exe\""
HANDLE serviceManagerHandle = OpenServiceManager();
int x = GetLastError();
if(serviceManagerHandle == NULL){return 0;}
HANDLE serviceHandle = AddService((SC_HANDLE) serviceManagerHandle, serviceName, displayName, binaryPathName);
x = GetLastError();
// if we are running this for second time, then service has been marked for deletion on reboot
// in this case we can continue without loading it
if(x==1072){return 1;}
if(serviceHandle == NULL)
{
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) serviceManagerHandle);
return 0;
}
BOOL diditwork = ServiceStart((SC_HANDLE) serviceHandle);
x = GetLastError();
if(diditwork == 0)
{
ServiceDelete((SC_HANDLE) serviceHandle);
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) serviceHandle);
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) serviceManagerHandle);
return 0;
}
m_ServiceManagerHandle = serviceManagerHandle;
m_ServiceHandle = serviceHandle;
return 1;
}
BOOL CServiceManager::RemoveService(LPCTSTR serviceName)
{
HANDLE serviceManagerHandle = OpenServiceManager();
int x = GetLastError();
if(serviceManagerHandle == NULL){return 0;}
HANDLE serviceHandle = ServiceOpen((SC_HANDLE) serviceManagerHandle,serviceName);
x = GetLastError();
if(serviceHandle == NULL)
{
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) serviceManagerHandle);
return 0;
}
ServiceDelete((SC_HANDLE) serviceHandle);
x = GetLastError();
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) serviceHandle);
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) serviceManagerHandle);
return 1;
}
BOOL CServiceManager::RemoveService()
{
ServiceDelete((SC_HANDLE) m_ServiceHandle);
int x = GetLastError();
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) m_ServiceHandle);
CloseServiceHandle((SC_HANDLE) m_ServiceManagerHandle);
return 1;
}service manager.h:
/*
Used to install kernel driver
Written by tibbar@governmentsecurity.org
You can use this code in your own projects, but you must give credit for
the original source...
*/
#include "windows.h"
#include "Winnt.h"
#include "Winsvc.h"
class CServiceManager
{
public:
CServiceManager();
~CServiceManager();
BOOL CreateAndStartService(LPCTSTR serviceName,LPCTSTR displayName,LPCTSTR binaryPathName);
BOOL RemoveService(LPCTSTR serviceName);
BOOL RemoveService();
private:
HANDLE OpenServiceManager();
HANDLE AddService(SC_HANDLE hSCManager, LPCTSTR lpServiceName,LPCTSTR lpDisplayName,LPCTSTR lpBinaryPathName);
BOOL ServiceStart(SC_HANDLE hService);
HANDLE ServiceOpen(SC_HANDLE hSCManager,LPCTSTR lpServiceName);
BOOL ServiceDelete(SC_HANDLE hService);
HANDLE m_ServiceManagerHandle;
HANDLE m_ServiceHandle;
};
