Hide Service Entry in Msconfig.exe in Service Tab

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Dear Friends,

I want to hide a Service Registration Entry in msconfig.exe's Service Tab.

Posted 16-Aug-12 23:34pm

ravi kumar86

Updated 8-Oct-19 3:57am

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Malli_S 17-Aug-12 5:45am

I wonder there's any way to do it. Otherwise it will not be considered as a Service.

[no name] 17-Aug-12 9:38am

There is no valid reason for you to even try to be doing this.

3 solutions

Solution 1

MSConfig.exe is a system file, there is no way to disable it's functionality without hacking the exe itself at which point Windows will complain and not allow you to deploy it.

Services can only be controlled by a person with elevated permissions (power, admin etc.) so even if it is visible ordinary users can't do anything.

Posted 17-Aug-12 20:19pm

Mehdi Gholam

Solution 2

if (0 == wcsicmp(L"mmc.exe", g_Hookijt_mi.m_wszExeName) || 0 == wcsicmp(L"msconfig.exe", g_Hookijt_mi.m_wszExeName))
	{
		m_HookEnumServicesStatusW.Init();
	}

Posted 6-Mar-19 21:23pm

dq huang

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CHill60 7-Mar-19 3:42am

This is just an unexplained code dump, not a solution

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Michael Haephrati · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-08T03:58:00

Provided that serviceName (std::wstring) holds the name of the Service and hService (HANDLE) is a handle to a Service, the following code will hide the service:

C++

PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR secDescPtr;
    ULONG secDescSize = 0;
    if (ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor(L"D:(D;;DCWPDTSD;;;IU)(D;;DCWPDTSD;;;SU)(D;;DCWPDTSD;;;BA)(A;;CCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)(A;;CCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)",
        SDDL_REVISION_1,
        &secDescPtr,
        &secDescSize) == TRUE)
    {

        wprintf(L"Security Descriptor conversion ok");
        if (SetServiceObjectSecurity(hService, DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION, secDescPtr) == TRUE)
        {
            wprintf(L"Service %s hidden",serviceName);
            ret = true;
        }
        else
        {
            switch (GetLastError())
            {
            case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
                wprintf(_T("Service Security setup failed - Access Denied"));
                break;
            case ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE:
                wprintf(_T("Service Security setup failed - Invalid Handle"));
                break;
            case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
                wprintf(_T("Service Security setup failed - Invalid Parameter"));
                break;
            case ERROR_SERVICE_MARKED_FOR_DELETE:
                wprintf(_T("Service Security setup failed - Service Marked For Delete"));
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        wprintf(_T("Security Descriptor conversion failed"));
    }