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sc

Communicate with the Service Control Manager and services. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-query.

• Show the status of a service (no service name will list all services):

sc queryex {{service_name}}

• Start a service asynchronously:

sc start {{service_name}}

• Stop a service asynchronously:

sc stop {{service_name}}

• Set the type of a service:

sc config {{service_name}} type= {{service_type}}