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Display Name (?):

Application Management

Short Name (?):

AppMgmt

Executable (?):

services.exe

Library (?):

appmgmts.dll

Depends On (?):

None.

Supports (?):

None.

Description (?):

Provides software installation services such as Assign, Publish, and Remove.

OS (?):

2000 Professional, XP Home/Professional, Vista Home/Business, 2000 Server, Server 2003, Vista Server

Startup (?):

Default	Home	Workstation	Server	Minimal	Tweaked	Automatic
Manual	Manual	Manual	Manual	Manual	Disabled	Disabled

Explanation (?):

The application management service is used for software installations and uninstallations. Applications such as Install Shield and the Windows Micrsoft Software Installer (MSI) will use this service in order to register applications. It is best to leave this service to manual as it will only be used when called for. On a corporate network this service could be used in stopping some applications from being installed when disabled.

On systems running Windows XP Home when uninstalling an application the uninstallation process may terminate with an error in the event log saying the application management service could not be found by the service control manager. This is because the service does NOT exist in XP Home and the uninstaller cannot proceed because it was not given information it needed to remove the application. Microsoft has a temporary fix on their website.