SC.exe (Resource Kit) Service Control - Create, Start, Stop, Query or Delete any Windows SERVICE. The command options for SC are case sensitive. Syntax SC [\\server] [command] [service_name] [Options] Key server : The machine where the service is running service_name : The KeyName of the service, this is often but not always the same as the DisplayName shown in Control Panel, Services. You can get the KeyName by running: SC GetKeyName <DisplayName> commands: query [qryOpt] Show status queryEx [qryOpt] Show extended info - pid, flags GetDisplayName Show the DisplayName GetKeyName Show the ServiceKeyName EnumDepend Show Dependencies qc Show config - dependencies, full path etc start START a service. stop STOP a service pause PAUSE a service. continue CONTINUE a service. create Create a service. (add it to the registry) config permanently change the service configuration delete Delete a service (from the registry) control Send a control to a service interrogate Send an INTERROGATE control request to a service Qdescription Query the description of a service description Change the description of a service Qfailure Query the actions taken by a service upon failure failure Change the actions taken by a service upon failure sdShow Display a service's security descriptor using SDDL SdSet Sets a service's security descriptor using SDDL qryOpt: type= driver|service|all Query specific types of service state= active|inactive|all Query services in a particular state only bufsize= bytes ri= resume_index_number (default=0) group= groupname Query services in a particular group Misc commands that don't require a service name: SC QueryLock Query the LockStatus for the ServiceManager Database. this will show if a service request is running SC Lock Lock the Service Database SC BOOT Values are {ok | bad} Indicates whether to save the last restart configuration as the `last-known-good` restart configuration Options The CREATE and CONFIG commands allow additional options to be set see the build-in help: 'SC create' and 'SC config' Note the qryOpt options above are case sensitive - they must be entered in lower case, also the position of spaces and = must be exactly as shown. The SC command duplicates some aspects of the NET command but adds the ability to create a service. SERVICE_NAME : messenger TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS STATE : 4 RUNNING (STOPPABLE,NOT_PAUSABLE,ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN) WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) CHECKPOINT : 0x0 WAIT_HINT : 0x0 To retrieve specific information from SC's output, pipe into FIND or FindStr SC query messenger | FIND "STATE" SC QUERY state= all |FINDSTR "DISPLAY_NAME STATE" In the statement above the FIND command will set the ERRORLEVEL as follows NET START | FIND "Service name" > nul IF errorlevel 1 GOTO :s_not_running The service control manager will normally wait up to 30 seconds to allow a service to start - you can modify this time (30,000 milliseconds) in the registry HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control Some options only take effect at the point when the service is started e.g. the SC config command allows the executable of a service to be changed. When the service next starts up it will run the new executable. Config changes requires the current user to have “permission to configure the service”. Examples: SC GetKeyName "task scheduler" SC GetDisplayName schedule SC start schedule SC QUERY schedule SC QUERY type= driver SC QUERY state= all |findstr "DISPLAY_NAME STATE" >svc_installed.txt SC \\myServer CONFIG myService obj= LocalSystem password= mypassword SC CONFIG MyService binPath=c:\myprogram.exe obj=".\LocalSystem" password="" Watch out for extra spaces: List of Windows Services |
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