How to Start any Windows Service Through Macro Scheduler

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:45 am

When the Startup Type of some Windows Services are set to be Manual, how to start/stop these services such as Diskeeper from a MS Script?

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:49 pm

You can use NET START / STOP from the command line so I imagine it can be used in Macro Scheduler too (but I haven't tried it). Lots of info on the 'net such as this and this.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:29 pm

Yup:

Let>RP_WAIT=1
Run>NET STOP ServiceName

Let>RP_WAIT=1
Run>NET START ServiceName

Or via VBScript:
http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1779

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:28 am

Hi Marcus & Me_again,
Thanks for your fast help. Your solutions work brilliantly.
If the precise ServiceName/spelling isn't known, type Net Stop or Net Start in Cmd window to find out.
Thank you.