Ext2Srv cannot be stopped
A Linux ext2/ext3 file system driver for Windows
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OS: Windows 8.1
Issue: Though Ext2Srv.exe is started automatically, it canot be set to Manual start by the Ext2Mgr.exe, and the service cannot be stopped by the application nor by Windows Service Manger
Replication:
net stop ext2srv
The response is "The requested pause, continue, or stop is not valid for this service."
Workaround: Create batch script below and a shortcut to it, to be run as Administratot:
net start Ext2Srv
"C:\Program Files\Ext2Fsd\Ext2Mgr.exe"
taskkill /im Ext2Srv.exe /f
pause
Likely cause: Service STOP entry point is missing in service.
I ran into this issue too, but managed to kill the service through task manager.
Probem is, the running service makes is impossible to uninstall the driver.