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Let's say you were brilliant enough to install FAH as a service so it runs 24/7 even when the computer is logged off but now you need an easy way to stop the service. I'm a team member of OCG (OverClocked Gamerz) and when ever I play a match I stop my service, turn off Anti-Virus, and pretty much stop every extra goody I have running. It probably does nothing to help, but I like to know that my computer is 100% focused on killing other people (virtually, of course).
Here are two .bat files I use, one that stops the service and another that starts it. Remember that a .bat file is just a document written in notepad and saved as SomeNameHere.bat.
You will need to know the exact name of your FAH service though. For most of the installations, it is probably FAH. However, for Dually and Quad installs you probably have FAH1, FAH2, etc.
This is my stop/start .bats for my dually which runs two instances. Copy/past the text that are between the ******** and save them as "Stop-FAH.bat" and "Start-FAH.bat" (or what ever you like). When you use the stop service it will take about 10 to 15 seconds to stop the service completely as the Core_XX.exe takes time to disengage.
Very Important! Do not start the service before it has completely stopped. This will cause WU corruption and your instance will just sit there with error messages in the log file. Check task manager to verify that the service has stopped prior to restarting.
*****Stop service bat*******
sc stop FAH1
sc stop FAH2
*************************
*****Start service bat*******
sc start FAH1
sc start FAH2
*************************
The "sc" calls on sc.exe (which should be in your \Windows\System32 directory, if not, get it here. The program is merely a command line services control program that enables you to manage services from the cmd window.
So again, if you have one instance running, just put one line input, such as "sc stop FAH."
Use this as a tool, but don't stop the service unless you need to as there are proteins to fold!
Wedo
Here are two .bat files I use, one that stops the service and another that starts it. Remember that a .bat file is just a document written in notepad and saved as SomeNameHere.bat.
You will need to know the exact name of your FAH service though. For most of the installations, it is probably FAH. However, for Dually and Quad installs you probably have FAH1, FAH2, etc.
This is my stop/start .bats for my dually which runs two instances. Copy/past the text that are between the ******** and save them as "Stop-FAH.bat" and "Start-FAH.bat" (or what ever you like). When you use the stop service it will take about 10 to 15 seconds to stop the service completely as the Core_XX.exe takes time to disengage.
Very Important! Do not start the service before it has completely stopped. This will cause WU corruption and your instance will just sit there with error messages in the log file. Check task manager to verify that the service has stopped prior to restarting.
*****Stop service bat*******
sc stop FAH1
sc stop FAH2
*************************
*****Start service bat*******
sc start FAH1
sc start FAH2
*************************
The "sc" calls on sc.exe (which should be in your \Windows\System32 directory, if not, get it here. The program is merely a command line services control program that enables you to manage services from the cmd window.
So again, if you have one instance running, just put one line input, such as "sc stop FAH."
Use this as a tool, but don't stop the service unless you need to as there are proteins to fold!
Wedo