Path Not Found for a Service

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I'm getting an error that a service fails to start because it cannot find the
path to the file that is the service, a License Manager.

I know why the path is not found, as it is on a mapped network drive, V:,
that is a share on a local disk, F:. I have no idea why this mapped drive
was referenced. (Done long before I got here and it's known that when the
server reBOOTs, this service MUST be started manually. Yes, the service is
set to start automatically, and yes, there is an error entry in the Event
Viewer.)

Here is what I have done with no positive results:
- Created a batch file to map the V: drive and
referenced it from the Computer Startup policy.
- Configured the recovery of the service to run this
same batch file and then restart on 1st failure.

Being as neither of these worked, I would like to change the path of where
to find the file, make it the F: drive, but I cannot find a place to change
the path in the service. I can see the path in the properties of the
service, but I cannot change it.

Any and all help greatly appreciated.

AdvThanksance,
John
 
John said:
I'm getting an error that a service fails to start because it cannot
find the path to the file that is the service, a License Manager.

I know why the path is not found, as it is on a mapped network drive,
V:, that is a share on a local disk, F:. I have no idea why this
mapped drive was referenced. (Done long before I got here and it's
known that when the server reBOOTs, this service MUST be started
manually. Yes, the service is set to start automatically, and yes,
there is an error entry in the Event Viewer.)

Here is what I have done with no positive results:
- Created a batch file to map the V: drive and
referenced it from the Computer Startup policy.
- Configured the recovery of the service to run this
same batch file and then restart on 1st failure.

Being as neither of these worked, I would like to change the path of
where to find the file, make it the F: drive, but I cannot find a
place to change the path in the service. I can see the path in the
properties of the service, but I cannot change it.

Any and all help greatly appreciated.

AdvThanksance,
John
Click to expand...

I've never seen this, can't figure out how it got changed in the first
place, or tried this "fix", but what about going to the registry -
hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\licenseservice - find the string
"imagepath" and change the value back to the default of
%systemroot%\system32\llssrv.exe? I'm presuming that file is still present
in that path....

You could export the whole key as a reg file for backup first.

Note also that I usually recommend stopping & disabling the license logging
service anyway - it doesn't work right (Outlook tends to misbehave, for one
thing) and it's not mandatory to run it - keep track of licenses manually.
 
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