EnumServicesStatusExA function (winsvc.h)

Enumerates services in the specified service control manager database. The name and status of each service are provided, along with additional data based on the specified information level.

Syntax

BOOL EnumServicesStatusExA(
  [in]                SC_HANDLE    hSCManager,
  [in]                SC_ENUM_TYPE InfoLevel,
  [in]                DWORD        dwServiceType,
  [in]                DWORD        dwServiceState,
  [out, optional]     LPBYTE       lpServices,
  [in]                DWORD        cbBufSize,
  [out]               LPDWORD      pcbBytesNeeded,
  [out]               LPDWORD      lpServicesReturned,
  [in, out, optional] LPDWORD      lpResumeHandle,
  [in, optional]      LPCSTR       pszGroupName
);

Parameters

[in] hSCManager

A handle to the service control manager database. This handle is returned by the OpenSCManager function, and must have the SC_MANAGER_ENUMERATE_SERVICE access right. For more information, see Service Security and Access Rights.

[in] InfoLevel

The service attributes that are to be returned. Use SC_ENUM_PROCESS_INFO to retrieve the name and service status information for each service in the database. The lpServices parameter is a pointer to a buffer that receives an array of ENUM_SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS structures. The buffer must be large enough to hold the structures as well as the strings to which their members point.

Currently, no other information levels are defined.

[in] dwServiceType

The type of services to be enumerated. This parameter can be one or more of the following values.

Value Meaning
SERVICE_DRIVER
0x0000000B
Services of type SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER and SERVICE_FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVER.
SERVICE_FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVER
0x00000002
File system driver services.
SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
0x00000001
Driver services.
SERVICE_WIN32
0x00000030
Services of type SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS and SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS.
SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
0x00000010
Services that run in their own processes.
SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
0x00000020
Services that share a process with one or more other services. For more information, see Service Programs.

[in] dwServiceState

The state of the services to be enumerated. This parameter can be one of the following values.

Value Meaning
SERVICE_ACTIVE
0x00000001
Enumerates services that are in the following states: SERVICE_START_PENDING, SERVICE_STOP_PENDING, SERVICE_RUNNING, SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING, SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING, and SERVICE_PAUSED.
SERVICE_INACTIVE
0x00000002
Enumerates services that are in the SERVICE_STOPPED state.
SERVICE_STATE_ALL
0x00000003
Combines the SERVICE_ACTIVE and SERVICE_INACTIVE states.

[out, optional] lpServices

A pointer to the buffer that receives the status information. The format of this data depends on the value of the InfoLevel parameter.

The maximum size of this array is 256K bytes. To determine the required size, specify NULL for this parameter and 0 for the cbBufSize parameter. The function will fail and GetLastError will return ERROR_MORE_DATA. The pcbBytesNeeded parameter will receive the required size.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:  The maximum size of this array is 64K bytes. This limit was increased as of Windows Server 2003 with SP1 and Windows XP with SP2.

[in] cbBufSize

The size of the buffer pointed to by the lpServices parameter, in bytes.

[out] pcbBytesNeeded

A pointer to a variable that receives the number of bytes needed to return the remaining service entries, if the buffer is too small.

[out] lpServicesReturned

A pointer to a variable that receives the number of service entries returned.

[in, out, optional] lpResumeHandle

A pointer to a variable that, on input, specifies the starting point of enumeration. You must set this value to zero the first time the EnumServicesStatusEx function is called. On output, this value is zero if the function succeeds. However, if the function returns zero and the GetLastError function returns ERROR_MORE_DATA, this value indicates the next service entry to be read when the EnumServicesStatusEx function is called to retrieve the additional data.

[in, optional] pszGroupName

The load-order group name. If this parameter is a string, the only services enumerated are those that belong to the group that has the name specified by the string. If this parameter is an empty string, only services that do not belong to any group are enumerated. If this parameter is NULL, group membership is ignored and all services are enumerated.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. The following errors may be returned.

Return code Description
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
The handle does not have the SC_MANAGER_ENUMERATE_SERVICE access right.
ERROR_MORE_DATA
The buffer is too small. Not all data in the active database could be returned. The pcbBytesNeeded parameter contains the number of bytes required to receive the remaining entries.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
An illegal parameter value was used.
ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE
The handle is invalid.
ERROR_INVALID_LEVEL
The InfoLevel parameter contains an unsupported value.
ERROR_SHUTDOWN_IN_PROGRESS
The system is shutting down; this function cannot be called.

Remarks

If the caller does not have the SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS access right to a service, the service is silently omitted from the list of services returned to the client.

Note

The winsvc.h header defines EnumServicesStatusEx as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header winsvc.h (include Windows.h)
Library Advapi32.lib
DLL Advapi32.dll

See also

ENUM_SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS

Service Functions

Service Installation, Removal, and Enumeration