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Problem

How to use the sc command: Communicate with the Service Control Manager and services. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-query>.

Solution

sc — Communicate with the Service Control Manager and services. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-query>.

Show the status of a service (no service name will list all services):

sc query {{service_name}}

Start a service asynchronously:

sc start {{service_name}}

Stop a service asynchronously:

sc stop {{service_name}}

Create a service:

sc create {{service_name}} binpath= {{path\to\service_binary_file}}

Delete a service:

sc delete {{service_name}}

Set the type of a service:

sc config {{service_name}} type= {{service_type}}

Code Snippets

Show the status of a service (no service name will list all services)

sc query {{service_name}}

Start a service asynchronously

sc start {{service_name}}

Stop a service asynchronously

sc stop {{service_name}}

Create a service

sc create {{service_name}} binpath= {{path\to\service_binary_file}}

Delete a service

sc delete {{service_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: windows/sc

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