Manage Windows Services via Command Prompt

Edi Kwie — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:37:20 +0000

I ever wrote how to manage Windows Services via Administrative Tools and Manage MySQL Service via DOS Console or DOS Prompt. Few readers are asking me to manage other service than MySQL via DOS Console. This time I want to answer that question. Actually, you just need to replace MySQL service name with Windows Service which you want start or stop.

For example, you want to start a service calls Indexing Service, just type at your prompt net stop “Indexing Service”.

First, open your console by click Start –> Run menu, enter cmd in box and then press Enter.
At prompt, enter net stop service_name and then press Enter. Like example above, if I want to stop Indexing Service, type net stop "Indexing Service" and then press Enter.
If your want to start it, enter net start service_name and then press Enter. Once again, if you want start Indexing Service, type net start "Indexing Service" and then press Enter.
To get Windows service list, just look it via Service console. You can to view them by Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services.

For your notation, if the service name is two words, give additional double quote such as Indexing Service, you need double quote mark in begin and end of service name. So, you’ll need type it like this “Indexing Service but if service name is a word, the double quote is not needed.

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Turning Off Indexing Service

Edi Kwie — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:43:25 +0000

Indexing Service is using to index entire your file on all of your drives. And the result from index progress will use by search facility. And it will give you accuracy when you search a file but unfortunately Indexing Service makes your computer be slower. Because Indexing Service will run on background and using your computer resources big enough. And if you is very rare using Search feature, just turning Indexing Service off.

To turn Indexing Service off, just manage it on Service manager window. You can read my article about how do to disable Windows Service first.

Open Service manager first, by click Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services.
Find Indexing Service item on list.
Double click it, change Startup type to Disable, click Stop button and then click OK button.
And Windows will turn off the Indexing progress directly and you get your more computer resource.

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