Service has special meaning. I am beginning to think that you are applying service to something that isn't really a service. It seems to me that you have a DLL, nothing more than that. Not a service. Since it isn't a service, you don't have the functionality defined or managed for a service. Is this correct? -- Bruce Eitman (eMVP) Senior Engineer beitman AT applieddata DOT net

The handle count should be decremented by the OS when the OS cleans up your process. When the handle count reaches zero I believe Deinit should be called. Paul Monson Intrinsyc jnasti wrote: Sorry, let me try this again. I tried sounding like I knew what I was talking about, but that failed ;o. I'm new to the Windows Environment, please bear with me. I'm looking to create

The handle count should be decremented by the OS when the OS cleans up your process. When the handle count reaches zero I believe Deinit should be called. Paul Monson Intrinsyc jnasti wrote: Sorry, let me try this again. I tried sounding like I knew what I was talking about, but that failed ;o. I'm new to the Windows Environment, please bear with me. I'm looking to create