I dunno why it cannot stop IISAdmin service. I use it to start and stop a local instance of SQL Server on my PC w/o any problem.

>I get True. Also, I get True for the IsServiceRunning. But I get False for the StopService and StartService. I confirmed that the service did not stop with the StopService. BTW, I am on a XP machine at the moment.
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>>Is "IISAdmin" correct name of the service? What do get from

? oShell.CanStartStopService("IISAdmin")

>>?
>>>Actually, I do too. But I am having trouble getting the ServiceStop and ServiceStart to work as expected.
>>>
>>>

>>>oShell = CREATEOBJECT("Shell.Application")
>>>if oShell.IsServiceRunning("IISAdmin")
>>>   ? oShell.ServiceStop("IISAdmin", .F.)
>>>endif
>>>? oShell.ServiceStart("IISAdmin", .F.)
>>>

>>>
>>>Am I doing it right?
>>>