Managing windows services using sc command

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Normally we can go to Services option in control panel (or under computer management) to look at status of various services and start/stop them. However there is also option to start/stop service via commandline.

Finding name of service

Look at servicename in properties of service when opened using services under control panel

Start service from command-line

To start service use:

sc start <service-name>

Refer:

• http://revertservice.com/10/afd/

Find services dependent on current service

Registry option

We can find dependent services via registry (See https://www.partitionwizard.com/clone-disk/error-1068.html ) by going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > <service-name> and looking at value of "DependOnService"

sc command option

Other option is to use:

sc enumdepend <service-name>

Learn more about on sc command from:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/cc754599(v=ws.11)

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