Set-Service

Starts, stops, and suspends a service, and changes its properties. 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}}"

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