The procedure below was used to stop both the Microsoft SCCM Agent Service and the Microsoft Antimalware Service when creating an App-V package on a Windows 8.1 reference machine.

The batch file starts the Process Explorer tool that was in the C:\SysinternalsSuite folder.

• Create a batch file containing the following lines that will stop the SMS Agent Host Service and then open Process Explorer in the context of SYSTEM.

net stop ccmexec
cd/
cd SysinternalsSuite
psexec -s -i C:\Temp\SysinternalsSuite\procexp.exe
pause

• In Process Explorer locate and open the Properties of the MsMPEng.exe process.
• Select the Services tab.
• Click the Permissions button.
• Set SYSTEM to have Full Control.
• Click the Stop button.