Stopping httpd.exe on windows

[Tim Streater <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I start httpd.exe from a PHP script, using this command string on Win7:

  start /b "" /d "c:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation"\Apache2.2\bin httpd.exe -f z:\path\to\my\httpd.conf

where z: is some drive letter and the backslashes are doubled as they are within a PHP string. This appears to work OK. However, when it comes to stopping it I have an error message. I'm trying initially from the console prompt:

  httpd.exe -k stop -f z:\path\to\my\httpd.conf

and the message is:

  (OS 5)Access is denied.  : failed to open the Apache2.2 Service

What is the right way to do this?

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Cheers  --  Tim

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