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Managing Windows services from command line
Get status of a service using Get-Service cmdlets
The Get-Service cmdlets allow you to list services on local computer.
Examples: List all services on the computer
PS C:\> Get-Service
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Running AdobeARMservice Adobe Acrobat Update Service
Stopped AJRouter AllJoyn Router Service
Stopped ALG Application Layer Gateway Service
Stopped AppReadiness App Readiness
Stopped BDESVC BitLocker Drive Encryption Service Examples: List all services which match a search string
PS C:\> Get-Service -DisplayName "*Application*"
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Stopped ALG Application Layer Gateway Service
Stopped AppIDSvc Application Identity
Running Appinfo Application Information
Stopped AppMgmt Application Management
Stopped COMSysApp COM+ System Application Examples: List all Running Services
PS C:\> Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Running AdobeARMservice Adobe Acrobat Update Service
Running Appinfo Application Information
Running AppXSvc AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC)
Running aswbIDSAgent aswbIDSAgent
Running AudioEndpointBu... Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
Examples: Get status of specific service
PS C:\> Get-Service -Name BITS
Examples: Get status of specific service on Remote Computer To get the status of a service on remote computer you just need to add -ComputerName parameter
PS C:\> Get-Service -ComputerName Desktop-9OP8RCA -Name BITS
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Running BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Ser...
Start and Stop service using Start-Service and Stop-Service cmdlets As name suggest, the Stop-Service cmdlets allow you to stop a service while Start-Service cmdlets allow you to start a service. The below examples show usage of both cmdlets to start / stop service on local or remote computer.
Examples: Stop a service
PS C:\> Stop-Service -Name BITS
Another way is to get a service using Get-Service cmdlets and then pass the output to Stop-Service cmdlets using Piping.
PS C:\> Get-Service -Name BITS | Stop-Service
The benefits of using second methods is that it support remote services as well. While Get-Service cmdlet support remote services, Start-Service and Stop-Service cmdlets do not. However, the result can be achieved by usage of Piping. See the below example to understand how Piping was used to start and stop a service on remote computer
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