sc
Communicate with the Service Control Manager and services. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-query.
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Show the status of a service (no service name will list all services):
sc queryex {{service_name}}
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Start a service asynchronously:
sc start {{service_name}}
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Stop a service asynchronously:
sc stop {{service_name}}
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Set the type of a service:
sc config {{service_name}} type= {{service_type}}
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