How can I stop and start services from the command line?

A. This can be accomplished using the
net stop <service name>
net start <service name>
A full list of the exact services is found in the registry (run regedit.exe) under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services key.

Alternatively, you can perform the stop and start using the name that is showed in the Services Control Panel applet by putting the name in quotes, i.e.
net stop "<service>"
net start "<service>"

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Exactly what I was looking for. New I could do it, just wasn't sure how.

Thanks.

Gary H. Holabird October 28, 2000

Hi. I think your site is great, and use it all the time. I would like to contribute a piece of information to the following Question: How Can I Stop and Start services from the command line?
It may be helpful to mention that on Windows 2000, the "c:\>net start" command will list all the services which are currently running on the machine. On Windows NT you can use "c:\>sclist /R (for running) /S (for stopped)"

Thanks,
Sam La Grasta
samlagrast@msn.com
slagrasta@novadigm.com

Sammy La Grasta February 28, 2001

was looking around for starting a service from the command line... i had totally forgotten about the net command!! you just reminded me... thanks...

Sham September 11, 2003

This is helpful. Is there a way to set the startup value for a service (changing it from manual to automatic, for example) ?

John Crawford June 29, 2004

How would you stop a service in another machine using the command line.

armando_moran July 29, 2004 (Article Rating:

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netsvc from the NT resource kit will allow you to start and stop services on a remote machine.

Anonymous User November 01, 2004

How about Starting a service remotely?

Anonymous User December 06, 2004

Thank you. This is exactly what I am looking for.

Anonymous User February 08, 2005 (Article Rating:

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Can you start/stop services on remote computers in windows 2000/xp/2003?

Anonymous User February 22, 2005 (Article Rating:

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