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Stops and then starts one or more services.
Restart-Service [-Name] <string[]> [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Restart-Service -DisplayName <string[]> [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>
]
Restart-Service [-InputObject <ServiceController[]>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<Comm
onParameters>]
The Restart-Service cmdlet sends a stop message and then a start message to the Windows Service Controller for a specified service. If a service
was already stopped, it is started without notifying you of an error. You can specify the services by their service names or display names, or yo
u can use the InputObject parameter to pass an object that represents each service that you want to restart.
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Start-Service
Stop-Service
Suspend-Service
Resume-Service
New-Service
Get-Service
Set-Service
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C:\PS>restart-service wmi
Description
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This command restarts the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service on the local computer.
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C:\PS>restart-service -displayname net* -exclude "net logon"
Description
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This command restarts the services that have a display name that begins with "Net", except for the "Net Logon" service.
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C:\PS>get-service net* | where-object {$_.Status -eq "Stopped"} | restart-service
Description
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This command starts all of the stopped network services on the computer.
It uses the Get-Service cmdlet to get objects representing the services whose service name begins with "net". (The optional Name parameter name i
s omitted.) The pipeline operator (|) sends the services object to the Where-Object cmdlet, which selects only the services with a status of "sto
pped." Another pipeline operator sends the selected services to Restart-Service. In practice, you would use the WhatIf parameter to see the effec
t of the command before using it.