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Set-Service — Start, stop, and suspend a service, and changes its properties. Note: This command can only be used

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Problem

How to use the Set-Service command: Start, stop, and suspend a service, and changes its properties. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/set-service>.

Solution

Set-Service — Start, stop, and suspend a service, and changes its properties. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/set-service>.

Change a display name:

Set-Service -Name {{hostname}} -DisplayName "{{name}}"

Change the startup type of services:

Set-Service -Name {{service_name}} -StartupType {{Automatic}}

Change the description of a service:

Set-Service -Name {{service_name}} -Description "{{description}}"

Code Snippets

Change a display name

Set-Service -Name {{hostname}} -DisplayName "{{name}}"

Change the startup type of services

Set-Service -Name {{service_name}} -StartupType {{Automatic}}

Change the description of a service

Set-Service -Name {{service_name}} -Description "{{description}}"

Context

tldr-pages: windows/Set-Service

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