Services.exe IOCTLS

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11/18/2015

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The following table shows the Services.exe IOCTLS with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element	Description
IOCTL_SERVICE_CONNECTION	This IOCTL provides a pointer to the accepted Windows socket.
IOCTL_SERVICE_CONSOLE	This IOCTL turns a service's console on or off, depending on whether an "on" or "off" string is passed as an input parameter.
IOCTL_SERVICE_CONTROL	This IOCTL contains information specific to a certain service passed by the calling application.
IOCTL_SERVICE_DEBUG	This IOCTL sets the debug state of a service.
IOCTL_SERVICE_DEREGISTER_SOCKADDR	This IOCTL is passed as an input parameter along with the sockaddr structure when Services.exe calls the xxx_IOControl (Services.exe) function to register a service.
IOCTL_SERVICE_INSTALL	This IOCTL causes a service to configure the registry for the service to be automatically loaded on system initialization.
IOCTL_SERVICE_NOTIFY_ADDR_CHANGE	This IOCTL is passed as an input parameter along when Services.exe notifies every running service of address changes in the system.
IOCTL_SERVICE_REFRESH	This IOCTL causes a service to refresh its configuration parameters.
IOCTL_SERVICE_REGISTER_SOCKADDR	This IOCTL is passed as an input parameter along with the sockaddr structure when Services.exe calls the xxx_IOControl (Services.exe) function to register a service.
IOCTL_SERVICE_START	This IOCTL starts a service that was previously in the start state.
IOCTL_SERVICE_STARTED	This IOCTL is sent to the service to indicate that all super service ports that are automatically created on service startup have been opened.
IOCTL_SERVICE_STATUS	This IOCTL returns the current running state of the service.
IOCTL_SERVICE_STOP	This IOCTL stops the service.
IOCTL_SERVICE_UNINSTALL	This IOCTL causes a service to remove registry configuration for its auto-loading on system initialization.
IOCTL_SERVICE_UNLOAD	This IOCTL is deprecated and should never be used. To cause a service to be unloaded, use the DeregisterService function instead.
IOCTL_SERVICE_CALLBACK_FUNCTIONS	This IOCTL provides a pointer to a callback function.
IOCTL_SERVICE_CALLBACK_FUNCTIONS	This IOCTL provides a pointer to a callback function.
IOCTL_SERVICE_COMMAND_LINE_PARAMS	This IOCTL indicates that arguments from the Services.exe command line are being passed to the service.