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Net stop &quot;Symantec Antivirus&quot;<br />
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All you need to do.... Use Quotes......
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And I do apologize, I know you asked for a VB method, but since I dont script, I thought I would offer the next best, and easierst alternative fix to your dilemna....
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Actually, I was referring to simple DOS, not VBS.. Should have clarified.... That applies to the SC method as well.....<br />
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sc stop &quot;Symantec AntiVirus&quot;
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Thanks to all for their assistance.<br />
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I realized that my issue was with the embedded quotes, but could not figure out the proper syntax. &nbsp;I had tried single quotes around the service. &nbsp;This created the task successfully, but the task would fail. &nbsp;I finally found out (after much frustration and too many hours) that the inner quotes needed to be escaped with a slash. &nbsp;Final syntax located below...<br />
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strTask = &quot;schtasks /create /tn &quot;&quot;Stop_WWW&quot;&quot; /tr &quot;&quot;net stop \&quot;&quot;World Wide Web Publishing\&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; /sc once /st 23:00:00 /ru System&quot; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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I am trying to create a script that will create a scheduled job that will stop a windows service. &nbsp;I know that I can use schtasks, but am having difficulties when the executable requires parameters. &nbsp;I have been trying to use NET STOP in order to stop the service. &nbsp;I know that I could alternatelyuse SC.exe STOP, but both require the service name as a parameter and in many cases the service name contains spaces. <br />
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How can I make this work? &nbsp;<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-279402"><span>Set objShell= WScript.CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)</span>
<span>strTask =  &quot;schtasks /create /tn &quot;&quot;Stop_WWW&quot; /tr &quot;&quot;net stop &quot;&quot;World Wide Web Publishing&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; /sc minute /mo 5 /ru System&quot;</span>
<span>objShell.Run strTask,2,true</span>
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I am trying to create a script that will create a scheduled job that will stop a windows service.  I know that I can use schtasks, but am having difficulties when the executable requires parameters.  I have been trying to use NET STOP in order to stop the service.  I know that I could alternatelyuse SC.exe STOP, but both require the service name as a parameter and in many cases the service name contains spaces. 

How can I make this work?  

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