Fix: Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request – Control-M/Agent

You may receive the following error trying to start Control-M Windows services.

Windows could not start the Control-M/Agent service on Local Computer.

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

1. Check to ensure your Control-M agent configuration file is present and has registry values.

C:\Program Files\BMC Software\Control-M Agent\Default\DATA

2. Check in Registry and ensure values exist:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->BMC Software->Config

3. All else, you will need to re-install your Control-M agent with correct