Windows service name

[rlebeau]

Please also notice: 

I'm aware of those points. I've written a number of window services myself over the years.

Service Name is the Registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ and uniquely identifies the service

I have a number of services installed that have spaces in their Registry key names.

However, in the Services Console (or Component Services), the column "Name" is actually the "Display Name" of the service. The Service Name column is not visible on that list by default.

However, if you double-click on a service to display its properties, its Service Name, Display Name, and Description are all shown in the dialog.

To make things a little worse, if you open the Windows Task Manager, on the "Services" tab, there is a column Name. One would expect it to contain the Display Name - the same as the services console - but it actually contains the Service Name.

I have a number of services shown there that have spaces in their names.

Well done, Microsoft! 

Totally agree!