Remote SC OpenSCManager failed 5 access denied

[SC] OpenSCManager FAILED 5: Access is denied.

or above error might arrive on SC manager for any operation like Start or Stop or Delete of a given service.

SC Start
Remote SC OpenSCManager failed 5 access denied

SC DELETE

Remote SC OpenSCManager failed 5 access denied

Resolution

Running services.msc commands for Windows service require Admin privileges.

Its recommended to get Admin access to execute these commands.

Kindly run your CLI/Command prompt in Admin Mode to fix the issue.

Remote SC OpenSCManager failed 5 access denied

Once done you shall see all the commands working !

Remote SC OpenSCManager failed 5 access denied

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