Get startup type of Windows service using PowerShell
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How can I get the Windows service startup type using PowerShell and not using WMI?
I looked inside the Get-Service command, and it does not provide something to display the "startup type".
Powershell Solutions
Solution 1 - Powershell
WMI is the way to do this.
Get-WmiObject -Query "Select StartMode From Win32_Service Where Name='winmgmt'"
Or
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Property StartMode -Filter "Name='Winmgmt'"
Solution 2 - Powershell
With PowerShell version 4:
You can run a command as given below:
Get-Service | select -property name,starttype
Solution 3 - Powershell
In PowerShell you can use the command Set-Service:
Set-Service -Name Winmgmt -StartupType Manual
I haven't found a PowerShell command to view the startup type though. One would assume that the command Get-Service would provide that, but it doesn't seem to.
Solution 4 - Powershell
You can use also:
(Get-Service 'winmgmt').StartType
It returns just the startup type, for example, disabled.
Solution 5 - Powershell
As far as I know there is no “native” PowerShell way of getting this information. And perhaps it is rather the .NET limitation than PowerShell.
Here is the suggestion to add this functionality to the version next:
The WMI workaround is also there, just in case. I use this WMI solution for my tasks and it works.
Solution 6 - Powershell
Once you've upgraded to PowerShell version 5 you can get the startup type.
To check the version of PowerShell you're running, use $PSVersionTable.
The examples below are for the Windows Firewall Service:
For the local system
Get-Service | Select-Object -Property Name,Status,StartType | where-object {$_.Name -eq "MpsSvc"} | Format-Table -auto
For one remote system
Get-Service -ComputerName HOSTNAME_OF_SYSTEM | Select-Object -Property MachineName,Name,Status,StartType | where-object {$_.Name -eq "MpsSvc"} | Format-Table -auto
For multiple systems (must create the systems.txt)
Get-Service -ComputerName (Get-content c:\systems.txt) | Select-Object -Property MachineName,Name,Status,StartType | where-object {$_.Name -eq "MpsSvc"} | Format-Table -auto
Solution 7 - Powershell
Use:
Get-Service BITS | Select StartType
Or use:
(Get-Service -Name BITS).StartType
Then
Set-Service BITS -StartupType xxx
[PowerShell 5.1]
Solution 8 - Powershell
If you update to PowerShell 5 you can query all of the services on the machine and display Name and StartType and sort it by StartType for easy viewing:
Get-Service |Select-Object -Property Name,StartType |Sort-Object -Property StartType
Solution 9 - Powershell
You can also use the sc tool to set it.
You can also call it from PowerShell and add additional checks if needed.
The advantage of this tool vs. PowerShell is that the sc tool can also set the start type to auto delayed.
# Get Service status
$Service = "Wecsvc"
sc.exe qc $Service
# Set Service status
$Service = "Wecsvc"
sc.exe config $Service start= delayed-auto
Solution 10 - Powershell
It is possible with PowerShell 4.
Get-Service *spool* | select name,starttype | ft -AutoSize
Solution 11 - Powershell
By default StartType is not shown by Get-Service, but you can always explicitly ask for it:
Get-Service | select StartType,DisplayName | sort StartType,DisplayName
Use Get-Service | Get-Member to see all available fields.