use strict; use warnings; use Win32::Service; #set up a hash of known service states my %statcodeHash = ( '1' => 'stopped.', '2' => 'start pending.', '3' => 'stop pending.', '4' => 'running.', '5' => 'continue pending.', '6' => 'pause pending.', '7' => 'paused.' ); my (%serviceHash,%statusHash); my ($key,$svc); #go get 'em... Win32::Service::GetServices("", \%serviceHash); foreach $key(keys %serviceHash){ my %statusHash; if ($serviceHash{"$key"} eq 'PGPService'){ $svc = $serviceHash{"$key"}; } } Win32::Service::GetStatus("", $svc, \%statusHash); #if ($statusHash{"CurrentState"} =~ /4/){ Win32::Service::StopService('', $svc); #} print "$svc" . " is currently " . $statcodeHash{$statusHash{"CurrentState"}} . "\n";