windowswindows-service
How do you find out what parameter was passed when starting a Windows service?
I usually start a service thru net start by passing parameters as shown below
net start DocumentHashService /Recursive /Count:500
services.msc does not list what parameters a service was started with.
Is there a way to view the parameters passed?
I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.
To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.
If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.
Examples
c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\" (finds all files opened from drive e:\"c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"
Best Answer
process explorer should tell you this in the command line view. See the link for details