Windows services

SC

• Delete service: sc delete myServiceName
• Disable service: sc config myServiceName start=disabled
• Stop service: sc stop myServiceName

Regedit

Disable service:

reg query "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\myServiceName" /v Start
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\myServiceName" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /f /d 4

Batch script to manage multiple services at once

Imagine you have a list of services in a plain text file named “my-services.txt”:

DcpSvc
DiagTrack
lfsvc
RemoteRegistry
tzautoupdate

Stop and disable all together:

echo off

for /f "eol=#" %%i in (my-services.txt) do call :disable %%i
exit

:disable
set SVC=%1
echo %SVC%
sc stop %SVC%
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services%SVC%" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /f /d 4
sc config %SVC% start=disabled
exit /b

And enable them back on:

echo off

for /f "eol=#" %%i in (my-services.txt) do call :enable %%i
exit

:enable
set SVC=%1
echo %SVC%
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\%SVC%" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /f /d 1
;sc query %SVC%
sc config %SVC% start=auto
sc start %SVC%
exit /b