[Tweaks] Conditionally determine when to use sc and Set-Service

Author: CodingWonders

functions/private/Set-WinUtilService.ps1

@@ -24,8 +24,20 @@ Function Set-WinUtilService {
         # Check if the service exists
         $service = Get-Service -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
 
-        # Service exists, proceed with changing properties
-        $service | Set-Service -StartupType $StartupType -ErrorAction Stop
+        # Service exists, proceed with changing properties -- while handling auto delayed start for PWSH 5
+        if (($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 7) -and ($StartupType -eq "AutomaticDelayedStart")) {
+            # Auto delayed start doesn't work with PWSH 5. That startup type is a combination of both the Automatic startup type,
+            # and an additional DWORD value for delayed start. That's how the SCM defines it. For this, we'll go with sc
+            #  
+            # PWSH 5 uses a built-in enum for service start types: System.ServiceProcess.ServiceStartMode (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.serviceprocess.servicestartmode?view=net-10.0-pp)
+            # PWSH 7 uses a custom enum for service start types: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ServiceStartupType (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.powershell.commands.servicestartuptype?view=powershellsdk-7.4.0)
+            #
+            # ---- That's why this doesn't work on the former!
+            
+            sc.exe config $Name start=delayed-auto
+        } else {
+            $service | Set-Service -StartupType $StartupType -ErrorAction Stop
+        }
     } catch [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceNotFoundException] {
         Write-Warning "Service $Name was not found"
     } catch {