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Peter Boughton
Asked: 2011-04-07 08:05:33 +0800 CST

How do I make one service dependent on another in Windows 7?

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If I view properties for a service, I can see the "Dependencies" tab, but I can't assign other services to this tab.

I have two services that start on startup, a server and a database. The server depends on the database - if the db hasn't started, the server doesn't work. (However, it does actually fail as a service, so I can't use the Recovery tab.)

How do I make the second service dependent on the first service, so that they always start up in the correct order?

windows windows-service service dependencies windows-7

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    From a command prompt running with admin credentials:

    sc config <server_service_name> depend= <database_service_name>

    Read more at this sc.exe documentation.

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  2. Following the steps here worked perfectly for me:
    Boyce.us
    Long story short:
    regedit.exe, HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/(your service)
    Add a multi value key named DependOnService
    Add the dependency service name

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