microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize

cndesu wrote:
> Thanks for the reply........
>
>
> The location of the executable is at
>
> c:\oracle\product\9\db_1\bin\ORACLE.EXE CHANIKYA
>
> and suffix Chanikya is the instance. The display name of the service is
>
> OracleServiceChanikya
>
> I tried NET START command at the location c:\ and also the directory where
> the executable is. But the service is not getting started as I checked
> services.msc. I tried this step before also but the service is not getting
> started.
>
> Help is appreciated.
>
>
Try the following command: SC START OracleServiceChanikya

And to stop the service: SC STOP OracleServiceChanikya

The NET command is not reliable for dealing with services. The SC command is the
command-line version of the services.msc program, and it is much better suited
for these circumstances.