Script to Start, Stop, Restart the Service

#To define a particular parameter, replace the 'parameterName' inside itsm.getParameter('parameterName') with that parameter's name

service_name=r'Spooler'   # Give the exact service name

service_catg=r'Start'    # Give the values Start, Stop, Restart

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import os

import sys

import time

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def alert(arg):

    sys.stderr.write("%d%d%d" % (arg, arg, arg))

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import ctypes

class disable_file_system_redirection:

    _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection

    _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection

    def __enter__(self):

        self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()

        self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))

    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):

        if self.success:

            self._revert(self.old_value)

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import os

with disable_file_system_redirection():

    if service_catg == "Stop":

        try:                    

            x=os.popen('net stop '+service_name).read()            

            print('The Service '+service_name+' has been successfully stopped')           

        except Exception as err: 

            print("Unable to stop the Service" +service_name+'due to below error')

            print(err)                                     

    elif service_catg == "Start":

        try:                    

            x=os.popen('net start '+service_name).read()            

            print('The Service '+service_name+' has been successfully started')      

        except Exception as err: 

            print("Unable to start the Service" +service_name+'due to below error')

            print(err)

    elif service_catg == "Restart":

        try:

            x=os.popen('net stop '+service_name).read()      

            time.sleep(5)

            x=os.popen('net start '+service_name).read()            

            print('The Service '+service_name+' has been successfully restarted')        

        except Exception as err: 

            print("Unable to restart the Service" +service_name+'due to below error')

            print(err)

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