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Windows 7 system specific services related tasks (as dwm.exe
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:47 am
by leopoldus
Actions -> Add -> Select Actions -> For Windows NT/2000/XP.
But what about later systems specific services? Say, under Windows 7 I could not find from this list the system service Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe). Well, AFAIK there was no this service in older Windows NT/2000/XP.
Is there any option to create any RoboTask avtion for such service?
Thanks!
Re: Windows 7 system specific services related tasks (as dwm
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 11:57 am
by robotask
Just tested this on a x64 bit windows 7 enterprise system
the module C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe is not detected in the service list, yet almost all running services are shown in task manager
Am using Process Explorer 15.23 as Task Manager replacement from sysinternals.com, free download from microsoft
Re: Windows 7 system specific services related tasks (as dwm
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:28 pm
by Oleg
There is no "Desktop Window Manager" service in Windows 7 or Windows 8 (also server 2008, 2012)
You can see this in service manager (Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Services)
So you can't see such service in the list in RoboTask.
Action editor of Start service (or Stop Service) shows all services registered in your system.
But you can see process DWM.EXE in memory. This process has been started by some another way (not a system service)
See screenshots:
Windows 7 and newer based on NT technology too (as Windows NT4 and Windows 2000) and uses the same interface for system services.
Re: Windows 7 system specific services related tasks (as dwm
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:38 pm
by robotask
see screenshot, Start, Run, Services.msc and DWM is clearly one of the services started and listed
Re: Windows 7 system specific services related tasks (as dwm
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 11:12 pm
by leopoldus
robotask wrote:see screenshot, Start, Run, Services.msc and DWM is clearly one of the services started and listed
Yes, it is surely started and listed in OS's services manager window.
But not in the RoboTask's list of the available services (see screenshot in my first post). Why? Is there any way to add this service there?
Re: Windows 7 system specific services related tasks (as dwm
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:10 am
by Oleg
Windows 7 have "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager"
But pay attention that the service name is
UxSms ("Desktop Window Manager Session Manager" is only display name)
RoboTask can see this. See on screenshot:
However Windows 8 doesn't contain this service:
So you can't see this service on Windows 8. But the process DWM.exe exists in memory.