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How to change the description of an service shown in SCM

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    How to change the description of an service shown in SCM

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      SC_HANDLE hSCM; hSCM = OpenSCManager( NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS ); if(hSCM==NULL) { LOGERROR("ERROR opening SC manager"); } SERVICE_DESCRIPTION sd; sd.lpDescription=sDescription; SC_HANDLE hService=OpenService(hSCM, "My Service", SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS); ChangeServiceConfig2(hService, SERVICE_CONFIG_DESCRIPTION,&sd); CloseServiceHandle(hService); CloseServiceHandle(hSCM);


      It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature.
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