Stopping and starting windows service
Posted by Kailash Kumar on 20 April 2020 12:56 PM
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Stopping and starting windows serviceg windows service Sometimes as an administrator you may need to kill a service which is stuck at stopping in order to avoid having to reboot a server in the middle of the day. Here’s what you need to do: Step 1. Find out the Service NameTo do this, go in to services and double click on the service which has stuck. Make a note of the “Service Name”. Step 2. Find out the PID of the serviceOpen an elevated command prompt and type in:
(where servicename is the name of the service you obtained from Step 1.) Make note of the PID Step 3. Kill the PIDFrom the same command prompt type in:
Where [PID] is the service number. If it is successful you should receive the following message: SUCCESS: The process with PID XXXX has been terminated. Be careful of what you are killing though. If you kill a critical windows service you may end up forcing the machine to reboot on it own. Note: By forcing a service to stop you can also use these instructions to Kill a Windows Service which is stuck at starting as well. This will allow you to restart the service. | |
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