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Managing Services with PowerShell: A Quick Guide

PowerShell is a powerful tool for managing system services, offering flexibility and control through straightforward commands. This guide covers the essentials of listing, searching, and managing services.

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You often need administrative privileges to manage services. Running PowerShell as an administrator ensures you have the necessary permissions to start, stop, or modify services.

Steps:

  1. Right-click the PowerShell icon.
  2. Select Run as Administrator.
  3. Confirm the User Account Control (UAC) prompt, if it appears.
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To see all the services on your system, use the Get-Service cmdlet:

Get-Service
 

This outputs a list showing:

  • Name: The internal service name.
  • DisplayName: A user-friendly name.
  • Status: Indicates whether the service is running, stopped, or paused.

This command helps you get an overview of all services and their current state.

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