Thread: Service Error 1072

Hi All,

I've written a service and I'm having trouble uninstalling it. Rather than just uninstalling the OS marks the service for deletion and gives this error if I try and uninstall again:

ERROR_SERVICE_MARKED_FOR_DELETE

The initial removal returns no error.

I know a reboot is a temprary solution.

What could I be doing wrong?

Code:

int MyDeleteService()
{
	SC_HANDLE hService,schSCManager;
	config *my_config;

	if(InitService(my_config))
	{
		printf("Error initialising - check config file!\n");
		return 1;
	}

	schSCManager = OpenSCManager(NULL,NULL,SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);

	if (schSCManager == NULL)
		return GetLastError();

	hService=OpenService(schSCManager,my_config->my_server.serviceName,SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS);

	if (hService == NULL)
		return GetLastError();

	if(DeleteService(hService)==0)
		return GetLastError();

	if(CloseServiceHandle(hService)==0)
		return GetLastError();

	CleanupService();

	return 0;
}

Thanks, rotis23

Sorry - the service was still sleeping in the main loop. I've changed the sleeping mechanism.

rotis23

Spoke too soon - The service is stopping correctly now - closing and cleaning up.

But I still can't delete the service.

Upon what conditions will the service still be 'attached'?

If I install the service and remove it - it is deleted OK.

If I run the service then it does not delete OK afterwards.

What could I be leaving open in ServiceMain? There are no SC_HANDLE structure to close!

rotis23

Hi rotis23,

I've created my own service last week and it's working fine. I also had the same problem but found out I had the services window still open.

Here is my version of the un-install:

Code:

void UninstallService()
{
   SC_HANDLE serviceControlManager = OpenSCManager(0, 0, SC_MANAGER_CONNECT);

   if(serviceControlManager)
   {
      SC_HANDLE service = OpenService( serviceControlManager,
         serviceName, SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS | DELETE);

      if(service)
      {
         SERVICE_STATUS serviceStatus;
         if(QueryServiceStatus( service, &serviceStatus))
         {
            if(serviceStatus.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_STOPPED)
               DeleteService(service);
         }
         CloseServiceHandle(service);
      }
      CloseServiceHandle(serviceControlManager);
   }
}