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authorArttu Tarkiainen <arttu.tarkiainen@qt.io>2024-04-22 10:44:52 +0300
committerArttu Tarkiainen <arttu.tarkiainen@qt.io>2024-04-24 16:26:41 +0300
commit359e58d37d78af5e51be75e6f9259d822eae9009 (patch)
treeee2f42f4df3774859db1b576a6ceb0915951cdbf
parent8c8b474f868f04653bc3038b5676815f0e47a590 (diff)
Windows: add reference for controlling the system service from CMD
Task-number: QLS-902 Pick-to: 3.0 Change-Id: I2e7f0beb53a3c08682df1444b3e8d2b5879194a1 Reviewed-by: Iikka Eklund <iikka.eklund@qt.io>
-rw-r--r--INSTALL_win.txt23
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL_win.txt b/INSTALL_win.txt
index df9d6de..2ff85dd 100644
--- a/INSTALL_win.txt
+++ b/INSTALL_win.txt
@@ -117,12 +117,23 @@ Note that the configure/build relies on MSVC (not tested on mingw or others).
7. Starting/stopping the service
- 7.1 In the Windows start menu search, type: "Services"
- 7.2 An icon with the name "Services" should appear. Open it, and a list of system services
- should now be seen.
- 7.3 Scroll down until you see "qtlicd". Click it to activate, and then click "Start the service"
- near the upper left corner of the window. From the same place, you also can stop it whenever
- needed.
+7.1 Graphical option
+ 7.1.1 In the Windows start menu search, type: "Services"
+ 7.1.2 An icon with the name "Services" should appear. Open it, and a list of system services
+ should now be seen.
+ 7.1.3 Scroll down until you see "qtlicd". Click it to activate, and then click "Start the service"
+ near the upper left corner of the window. From the same place, you also can stop it whenever
+ needed.
+
+7.2 CMD option
+ Use the "sc" command to start and stop the service (from administrator command prompt):
+ 7.2.1 Start the service:
+ > sc start qtlicd
+ 7.2.2 Check if the service is running:
+ > sc query qtlicd
+ 7.2.3 Stop the service:
+ > sc stop qtlicd
+
8. Uninstall