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I have a batch script that looks like:

sc stop myservice
sc start myservice

it errors out because sc doesn't wait till the service is stopped. How do I restart a service with a script?

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  • what about this?
    – pQd
    Jun 12, 2009 at 22:52

8 Answers 8

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The poster wants to ensure the service is stopped before trying to restart it. You can use a loop on the output of "sc query" doing something like this:

:stop
sc stop myservice

rem cause a ~10 second sleep before checking the service state
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10 -w 1000 > nul

sc query myservice | find /I "STATE" | find "STOPPED"
if errorlevel 1 goto :stop
goto :start

:start
net start | find /i "My Service">nul && goto :start
sc start myservice
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    Nice use of ping as a time delay.
    – David Yu
    Jun 12, 2009 at 23:34
  • Thanks, there's no sleep in batch so that's all you can do to wait :)
    – crb
    Jun 12, 2009 at 23:37
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    +1, and a GOTO badge. Awarded to those that use a GOTO statement with a straight face. Jun 13, 2009 at 1:20
  • If only batch supported do/while loops... It's trivial in C#, really!
    – crb
    Jun 13, 2009 at 1:37
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    In Windows Server 2008, the error level is 0 when found and 1 when not found. So I had to invert the logic and then it worked.
    – Kirk Woll
    Jul 11, 2011 at 15:42
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May be missing something, but I use this all the time:

net stop "myservice"
net start "myservice"

or shorter:

net stop "myservice" && net start "myservice"

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Dead simple with powershell:

PS >Restart-Service MySrvcHere

Even better, using display names:

PS >Restart-Service -displayname "My Service Name Here"

Get-Help Restart-Service for more

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If it is purely for restarting the service, you can use

Net stop myservice
Net start myservice

However, if you want access to the options of sc, you can use the start /wait command

start /B /WAIT CMD /C "sc stop myservice"
start /B /WAIT CMD /C "sc start myservice"

this technique is a more general solution that can be applied to any command.

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    sc stop myservice will just send the stop command and return before the service is stopped. Calling sc with start /b won't help. Jul 30, 2018 at 9:30
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To have quiet restart of some service, which asks confirmations to be stopped (as Server service, for example), You could add /y to the end of stop command.

net stop Server /y
net start Server

It would be helpful for automatic script execution.

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If you want to restart a failed service you do not need to run a script. In the services MMC snapin right click on a service, select properties, click the recovery tab. Here you can set what actions you want taken should the service stop. There is alot of flexibility available. You will need a script if y ou are trying to stop the service , do something then start the script, preface the batch file with net stop "myserviceshortname" and end with net start "myserviceshortname"

In vbscipt it's a little more code to stop a service and its' dependants:

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Associators of " _
   & "{Win32_Service.Name='myservice'} Where " _
        & "AssocClass=Win32_DependentService " & "Role=Antecedent" )
For each objService in colServiceList
    objService.StopService()
Next
Wscript.Sleep 20000
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
        ("Select * from Win32_Service where Name='myservice'")
For each objService in colServiceList
    errReturn = objService.StopService()
Next

Here's starting a service and anything it depends on (this should be familiar)

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Service where Name='Myservice'")
For each objService in colServiceList
    errReturn = objService.StartService()
Next
Wscript.Sleep 20000
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Associators of " _
   & "{Win32_Service.Name='myservice'} Where " _
        & "AssocClass=Win32_DependentService " & "Role=Dependent" )
For each objService in colServiceList
    objService.StartService()
Next
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You may use the following commands:

@echo off
sc Stop <Name of Agentry Service Here>
timeout 30
sc start <Name of Agentry Service Here>
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I made a hybrid: in *.cmd file:

powershell -Command "& {Restart-Service MyService;}"

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