Corionis
Service Manager

Monitor & manage selected Windows services

Note: There is a new implementation available - Corionis Service Manager.NET that is a complete re-write in Microsoft C# and .NET and has a few new features. Check it out!

For the original version:
There are download choices, see Using the MSI installer versus just the .exe.
Looking for the User Documentation? Need the Downloads for 1.0.1.180?

What is the Corionis Service Manager?

Most people who regularly monitor and manage Windows services are only interested in a few.

The Corionis Service Manager (CSM) is a small Windows tray application that monitors and manages a list of user-selected Windows services. The selected services are monitored and may be easily started or stopped, the start-up type changed, etc.

Because it is a Windows tray app it is monitoring each service and always available. The utility may be popped up or down by double-clicking the tray icon. Notifications are displayed and logged when a selected service’s state changes.

CSM in the system tray

CSM is free and open source distributed under the MIT License.

Features

Monitors and manages a list of user-selected Windows services.
Select tab shows all Windows services available on the system.
Monitor and Select lists have multi-letter speed search of service names.
Remembers state:
- Window size & location.
- Monitor & Select lists column sizes.
- Whether active monitoring is enabled.
Logs running status changes of selected services.
Optional logging to a file.
Can be operated with the keyboard.

Screenshots

CSM Monitor tab:

CSM Select tab:

CSM Options tab:

Download Files

The latest version of CSM is 1.0.1.180. See Downloads for the files.

User Documentation

The User Documentation is also the Online Help in the program.

What is Corionis?

Acknowledgements

The Corionis Service Manager is written using the AutoIt scripting tool.
The MSI installer is built with the free version of Advanced Installer.
The graphics are created with GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
The screenshots were taken with Greenshot.
The project is hosted on GitHub.
These pages are served by GitHub Pages and rendered with Jekyll.
And use a (slightly modified) Tactile theme.

Blog

Release 180 - 23 September 2017
Changes made:
- #2 Make sure CSM always displays within the visible display. Solution was to add tray option “Reset position and size” that always places the window where it can be seen.
- #6 Fix auto-start on Windows 10 & Server 2016. Added dialog that talks about the requirement for the “As Administrator” option on the startup folder shortcut. This cannot be done in the program so there is an option to open File Explorer on the correct directory so that tweak can be made manually.
- #13 MSI installer not removing previous versions from Control Panel. One of the 3 digits of the version must be changed for an upgrade to work. The fourth position is ignored by Windows Installer.
- #14 Select list Refresh blows-up. Fixed so the Refresh button on the Select tab works.
There are no other known bugs at this time.
Release 172 - 28 March 2017
Fixed a bug:
- #12 Selected Services do not pick-up outside start-type changes.
Now the start type is checked when CSM loads and while monitoring.

Known Issue: Currently CSM will not auto-start on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016.
Release 170 - 7 March 2017
Enhancements and bug fixes.

Slowly working on the User Documentation section of the user site.

A few enhancements:
- #4 Retain manual edits to services (in .ini file).
Fixed a few bugs:
- #3 Cannot save an empty selection list.
- #7 Change default install directory.
- #8 Select shows zero-width checbox and first column.
- #9 Change titlebar and tray icons when a different icon is selected.
Known Issue: Currently CSM will not auto-start on Windows 10.
Initial Release 168 - 25 February 2017
The initial release of the Corionis Service Manager (build 168) is complete. This version has all the basic functionality needed for a service manager. Additional user interface work is planned.

At this time it is limited to working on the local system only. Remote system management may be added at a later time.

There is still a lot of documentation to write. This site will be changing over the coming days.

Known Issue: Currently CSM will not auto-start on Windows 10.