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Start-Service



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SYNOPSIS

Starts one or more stopped services.

SYNTAX


Start-Service [-InputObject] <ServiceController[]> [-Exclude <String[]>] [-Include <String[]>] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]
Start-Service [-Exclude <String[]>] [-Include <String[]>] [-PassThru] -DisplayName <String[]> [<CommonParameters>]
Start-Service [-Name] <String[]> [-Exclude <String[]>] [-Include <String[]>] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Start-Service cmdlet sends a start message to the Windows Service Controller for each of the specified services. If a service is already
running, the message is ignored without error. You can specify the services by their service names or display names, or you can use the
InputObject parameter to supply a service object representing the services that you want to start.



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RELATED LINKS

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Get-Service
New-Service
Restart-Service
Resume-Service
Set-Service
Stop-Service
Suspend-Service

REMARKS

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Examples


-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

PS C:\>start-service -name eventlog



This command starts the EventLog service on the local computer. It uses the Name parameter to identify the service by its service name.








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

PS C:\>start-service -displayname *remote* -whatif



This command tells what would happen if you started the services with a display name that includes "remote". It uses the DisplayName parameter
to specify the services by their display name instead of by their service name. And, it uses the WhatIf parameter to tell what would happen if
the command were executed instead of executing the command.








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

PS C:\>$s = get-service wmi
PS C:\>start-service -InputObject $s -passthru | format-list >> services.txt



These commands start the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service on the computer and add a record of the action to the services.txt
file. The first command uses the Get-Service cmdlet to get an object representing the WMI service and store it in the $s variable.

The second command uses the Start-Service cmdlet to start the WMI service. It identifies the service by using the InputObject parameter to
pass the $s variable containing the WMI service object to Start-Service. Then, it uses the PassThru parameter to create an object that
represents the starting of the service. Without this parameter, Start-Service does not create any output.

The pipeline operator (|) passes the object that Start-Service creates to the Format-List cmdlet, which formats the object as a list of its
properties. The append redirection operator (>>) redirects the output to the services.txt file, where it is added to the end of the existing
file.








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------

PS C:\># start-service



This series of commands shows how to start a service when the start type of the service is "Disabled". The first command, which uses the
Start-Service cmdlet to start the Telnet service (tlntsvr), fails.

PS C:\>start-service tlntsvr

Start-Service : Service 'Telnet (TlntSvr)' cannot be started due to the following error: Cannot start service TlntSvr on computer '.'.

At line:1 char:14

+ start-service <<<< tlntsvr

The second command uses the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to get the Tlntsvr service. This command retrieves an object with the start type property in
the StartMode field. The resulting display reveals that the start type of the Tlntsvr service is "Disabled".

PS C:\>get-wmiobject win32_service | where-object {$_.Name -eq "tlntsvr"}

ExitCode : 0

Name : TlntSvr

ProcessId : 0

StartMode : Disabled

State : Stopped

Status : OK

The next command uses the Set-Service cmdlet to change the start type of the Tlntsvr service to "Manual".

PS C:\>set-service tlntsvr -startuptype manual

Now, we can resubmit the Start-Service command. This time, the command succeeds.

PS C:\>start-service tlntsvr

To verify that the command succeeded, use Get-Service.