Private Type SERVICE_STATUS       dwServiceType As Long    dwCurrentState As Long    dwControlsAccepted As Long    dwWin32ExitCode As Long    dwServiceSpecificExitCode As Long    dwCheckPoint As Long    dwWaitHint As LongEnd TypePrivate Declare Function OpenSCManager Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _    "OpenSCManagerA" (ByVal lpMachineName As String, _    ByVal lpDatabaseName As String, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function CloseServiceHandle Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hSCObject _    As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function OpenService Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "OpenServiceA" _    (ByVal hSCManager As Long, ByVal lpServiceName As String, _    ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function StartService Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "StartServiceA" _    (ByVal hService As Long, ByVal dwNumServiceArgs As Long, _    ByVal lpServiceArgVectors As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function ControlService Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hService As _    Long, ByVal dwControl As Long, lpServiceStatus As SERVICE_STATUS) As LongConst GENERIC_EXECUTE = &H20000000Const SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP = 1Const SERVICE_CONTROL_PAUSE = 2Const SERVICE_CONTROL_CONTINUE = 3' start/stop/pause/continue a service' SERVICENAME is the internal name of the service' COMMAND can be   0=Start, 1=Stop, 2=Pause, 3=Continue'' returns True if successful, False otherwise' if any error, call Err.LastDLLError for more informationFunction ServiceCommand(ByVal ServiceName As String, ByVal command As Long) As _    Boolean    Dim hSCM As Long    Dim hService As Long    Dim res As Long    Dim lpServiceStatus As SERVICE_STATUS        ' first, check the command    If command < 0 Or command > 3 Then Err.Raise 5        ' open the connection to Service Control Manager, exit if error    hSCM = OpenSCManager(vbNullString, vbNullString, GENERIC_EXECUTE)    If hSCM = 0 Then Exit Function        ' open the given service, exit if error    hService = OpenService(hSCM, ServiceName, GENERIC_EXECUTE)    If hService = 0 Then GoTo CleanUp        ' start the service    Select Case command        Case 0            ' to start a service you must use StartService            res = StartService(hService, 0, 0)        Case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP, SERVICE_CONTROL_PAUSE, _            SERVICE_CONTROL_CONTINUE            ' these commands use ControlService API            ' (pass a NULL pointer because no result is expected)            res = ControlService(hService, command, lpServiceStatus)    End Select    If res = 0 Then GoTo CleanUp        ' return success    ServiceCommand = TrueCleanUp:    If hService Then CloseServiceHandle hService    ' close the SCM    CloseServiceHandle hSCM    End Function