Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Create Dependencies between Windows Services

The following steps need to be performed in order to create a dependency.

1-Backup your current registry settings.

2-Run 'regedit' to open your registry.

3-Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and locate the
service that you need to set a dependency for.

4-Open the 'DependOnService' key on the right side. If the selected service does not have a 'DependOnService' key, then create one by right-clicking and selecting New > Multi-String Value.

5-In the value field, enter the names of all services that the current service will depend on. Each service name must be entered properly and on a separate line.

6-Click OK, close your registry and restart your machine.

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