How To Stop And Start A Windows Service From The Command Prompt

How can I stop a service from the command line?

1. net start.
2. net stop "<service name>" ,e.g. net stop "spooler". Some services will ask you to enter a y to confirm, and for these just add /y to the end.
3. sc query.
4. sc stop <service name>

1. How do I start Windows service from the command line?
2. How do I start and stop a service from the command line?
3. How do you restart a Windows service?
4. How do I start Windows service after reboot?
5. What is the Run command for services?
6. How do I force a Windows service to quit?
7. How do I stop a service from the command line?
8. What is net stop command?
9. How do I restart Winmgmt service?
10. How can I automatically restart a Windows service if it crashes?
11. How can I tell if a Windows service has stopped?

How do I start Windows service from the command line?

To start a service with the command line, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to start a service and press Enter: net start "SERVICE-NAME"

How do I start and stop a service from the command line?

Process

1. Click the Start menu.
2. Click Run or in the search bar type services. ...
3. Press Enter.
4. Look for the service and check the Properties and identify its service name.
5. Once found, open a command prompt; type sc queryex [servicename]
6. Press Enter.
7. Identify the PID.

How do you restart a Windows service?

Restart Windows Service

1. Open Services. Windows 8 or 10: Open Start screen, type services. msc and press Enter. Windows 7 and Vista: Click on the Start button, type services. msc in search field and press Enter.
2. In the Services pop-up, select the desired application and click the Restart Service button.

How do I start Windows service after reboot?

From the desktop, click Start > Control Panel. Double-click Administration Tools. Double-click NetIQ Operations Center Auto-Restart Service. The Auto-Restart service automatically starts when Windows starts.

What is the Run command for services?

Press the Win + R keys on your keyboard, to open the Run window. Then, type “services. msc” and hit Enter or press OK. The Services app window is now open.

How do I force a Windows service to quit?

How To Force Stop A Service

1. Click the Start menu.
2. Click Run or in the search bar type services.msc.
3. Press Enter.
4. Look for the service, right click and select Properties and identify service name.
5. Once found, open an elevated command prompt. ...
6. Press Enter.
7. Identify the PID.
8. In the same command prompt type taskkill /pid [pid number] /f.

How do I stop a service from the command line?

Disable a Windows service from the command line

1. Open the "Services" management console.
2. Scroll to the name of the service.
3. Right-click Properties (or double-click)
4. Change the Startup Type: to disabled.
5. Apply.
6. Click "Stop"

What is net stop command?

The Net Stop command

This command lets you stop a networking service. The syntax is. net stop service. To use this command, first run the Net Start command to determine the exact spelling of the service that you want to stop. If the service name includes spaces, enclose it in quotation marks.

How do I restart Winmgmt service?

Reset the WMI Counters

1. Click Start , click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. Stop the Windows Management Instrumentation service or at the command prompt, type net stop winmgmt, and then press ENTER.
3. At the command prompt, type winmgmt /resyncperf, and then press ENTER.

How can I automatically restart a Windows service if it crashes?

Open Services. msc, double-click on the service to open the Properties of the service, there is a Recovery tab and those settings should allow you to restart the service upon failure. Anyway sometimes auto recover doesn't work correctly and it recommended to use third party software.

How can I tell if a Windows service has stopped?

In the event viewer, check the system logs and check for events by name Service Control manager (event ID 7035,7036 mostly). That will give you the ID what happened to which service. This event will only be generating if any service's status is changing, like from start to stop or vice versa. Start->run->services.