Starting and stopping
On the command line (cmd.exe)
A Windows service can be started and stopped on the command line (if it is not disabled):
Opening the services panel
Type services.msc in the Start-->run box.
Listing services
Using the registry
The installed services can be found in the registry under
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHNINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
Using sc
It's also possible to list the services with the command line utility sc
:
C:\> sc query state= all | findstr SERVICE_NAME
Note: the space after state=
is important. If omitted, sc tries to find a service named state=all
which will, most probably, not exist.
If the state= all
is omitted altogether, only running services will be returned.
services.msc
Typing services.msc
into Run->Start, or into a cmd console, opens the Service panel which displays all installed services on the system.
Deleting a service
A service can either be deleted by removing all entries belonging to a service from the registry (see above). Or by using sc
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