Establishes a connection to the service control manager on the specified computer and opens the specified service control manager database.

OpenSCManager.cpp

// OpenSCManager function is part of the Windows API, and it is used to open a handle to the Service Control Manager (SCM) database on a local or remote computer. The SCM is responsible for managing services on a Windows system.

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
  {
    // OpenSCM
  SC_HANDLE scmHandle = OpenSCManager(NULL,NULL,SC_MANAGER_CONNECT);

  if(scmHandle != NULL)
    {
      cout<<"Service Control Manager handle Opened Successfully "<<endl;
      CloseServiceHandle(scmHandle);
      cout<<"Service Control Manager handle Closed Successfully "<<endl;
    }
  else
    {
    cerr<<"Error Opening Service Control Manager, Error No : "<<GetLastError();
    }
  system("PAUSE");
  }