Deleting a service in windows server 2008

Note that sc delete servicename works, but the servicename is the 'KeyName'. So I then typed: sc delete Confluence Sam Kenny Sam Kenny 4 4 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges.

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Reins 1, 1 1 gold badge 16 16 silver badges 35 35 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Stack Gives Back Safety in numbers: crowdsourcing data on nefarious IP addresses. Featured on Meta. This method is probably the easiest of the three. All you need to do is to download the free software from Microsoft called Autoruns.

The program is portable which means that it does not need to be installed after unpacking. Run autoruns. The program lists everything that gets started during Windows start. Locate the Services tab at the top and click it.

All 1st- and 3rd-party services are listed here by default. You may want to filter out Microsoft services if you want to delete a third-party service. Locate the service that you want to delete and select it with a left-click. Press delete on the keyboard and confirm the deletion. Some Windows users may receive an access denied message. That's when the software is not run with elevated privileges.

Just select Run as Administrator to restart Autoruns with administrative privileges and accept the UAC prompt if it is displayed. Perform the removal operation again; this time it should work. The entry is removed from the services listing immediately. Any one of these three methods should be enough to delete Services in the Windows operating system.

All three can be executed on Windows 10 and newer versions too. Autoruns is, without doubt, the most comfortable solution. The other two methods are "built-in" which has its advantages. In some cases, it may be more efficient to stop and disable the Service instead of deleting it. This can be done best via the services. Read also: How to delete large folders in Windows super fast. Nice article Martin. Any recommendation on how to check if the services are legit or not before removing it.

For example random named services created by malware or viruses. Well you can look at the path of the executable for a start, this is done with a right-click on Properties in autoruns or a double-click in the services listing. I prefer to use autoruns because of its option to hide native Windows services. But you are usually left with a search on Bing, or whichever search engine you use, to find out more about a specific service. And if you are not sure if you need the service you can disable and stop it to see what happens.

Another great article. Came a day too late — Yesterday I removed a couple of erroneous services using Autoruns — made it so easy! My most used method to remove NT services is via the Windows Registry sometimes automated with command line tools. Windows does not come with the sc. Not all services the are installed with the operating system are first party.

Checking the list generated by services. To enumerate from all services, the Windows Registry may be examined. Q thanks for the additional tips, you are right of course but I did not want to blow the article out of proportions. I need to hide the Windows Service from the Service list.

Can anyone please share if they have any idea. Your registry hack does not fully cleanup the service on server This worked fine. Three different methods to remove services, etc.

A while ago I installed a program that gave the option of having it run at system startup. It was uninstalled using the uninstaller, but now I want to try reinstalling it without getting two entries in the Standard Services menu. Your easy to understand instructions did the trick. Thank you so much, this was extremely helpful for me. When I reinstalled the software from a different source, everything worked perfectly! So once again, thank you so much for this information!

Thanks a lot! I used the elevated command prompt and removed the annoying service easy-peasy : Thanks again for that article! I have deleted the file through regedit.

Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects. The InputObject parameter doesn't enumerate collections. If a collection is passed, an error is thrown. When working with collections, pipe the input to enumerate the values. ServiceController, System. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode.

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