How can I get my service dependencies to be parsed without restarting the server?

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We had a service set up with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\servicename\DependOnService of other services set to this one service. When I would shut down the one service, all its dependents would shut down automatically.

However, after some internal changes to these in-house services, they no longer depend on the one service. So, I removed it from their DependOnService keys using regedit. The problem is, in the Services window, it still insists that if I shut down the one service the others will be shut down, but I don't want to cause any more down time on them than I have already today. I've tried closing the Services window and launching it again, to no avail. Is there any way to get it to re-read the DependOnService data?

good question, but I'm pretty sure you'll need to reboot the server. — tony roth, Mar 28 '13 at 19:21
Agree with @tonyroth. You've made a change to a very fundamental component of the OS. Time to reboot. — Ryan Ries, Mar 28 '13 at 22:58
Oddly, one of them picked up by itself for no apparent reason, but the other three were still on the list when I would try to shut it down. — Kev, Mar 29 '13 at 01:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 22 '19 at 04:35

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From an elevated command prompt, enter (Surround service name in quotes if it has a space):

sc config <service name> depend= /

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answered May 21 '19 at 19:52

Brian Kofford

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thanks, it worked for me. – SergeyT Oct 06 '20 at 21:20

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '13 at 02:12

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You can't. You have to reboot.

answered Mar 29 '13 at 02:12

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How can I get my service dependencies to be parsed without restarting the server?

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