Stopping/Starting a remote Windows service and waiting for it to open/close
WindowsWindows ServicesWindows Problem Overview
The top answer to this question tells me how to stop/start a remote service. Great. Now, all I need is to wait for the actual stop/start to complete. So, what I'm looking for is a dos command to:
- Start a service, should return only after the service is started (or after a timeout, raising error level)
- Stop a service, return only after the service is stopped
Windows Solutions
Solution 1 - Windows
I created a set of batch scripts that use sc.exe to do just this. They are attached below. To run these scripts, you should be a user with administration rights on the target machine and running this from a computer that is a member of the same domain. It's possible to set it up to be able to run from outside of the domain (like from a VPN) but there are a lot of layers of security to work through involving firewalls, DCOM and security credentials.
One of these days, I'm going to figure out the PowerShell equivalent, which should be much easier.
safeServiceStart.bat
@echo off
:: This script originally authored by Eric Falsken
IF [%1]==[] GOTO usage
IF [%2]==[] GOTO usage
ping -n 1 %1 | FIND "TTL=" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
:ResolveInitialState
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StartService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StartedService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "PAUSED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
echo Service State is changing, waiting for service to resolve its state before making changes
sc \\%1 query %2 | Find "STATE"
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
GOTO ResolveInitialState
:StartService
echo Starting %2 on \\%1
sc \\%1 start %2 >NUL
GOTO StartingService
:StartingServiceDelay
echo Waiting for %2 to start
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
:StartingService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO StartingServiceDelay
:StartedService
echo %2 on \\%1 is started
GOTO:eof
:SystemOffline
echo Server \\%1 is not accessible or is offline
GOTO:eof
:usage
echo %0 [system name] [service name]
echo Example: %0 server1 MyService
echo.
GOTO:eof
safeServiceStop.bat
@echo off
:: This script originally authored by Eric Falsken
IF [%1]==[] GOTO usage
IF [%2]==[] GOTO usage
ping -n 1 %1 | FIND "TTL=" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
:ResolveInitialState
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StopService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StopedService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "PAUSED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
echo Service State is changing, waiting for service to resolve its state before making changes
sc \\%1 query %2 | Find "STATE"
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
GOTO ResolveInitialState
:StopService
echo Stopping %2 on \\%1
sc \\%1 stop %2 %3 >NUL
GOTO StopingService
:StopingServiceDelay
echo Waiting for %2 to stop
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
:StopingService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO StopingServiceDelay
:StopedService
echo %2 on \\%1 is stopped
GOTO:eof
:SystemOffline
echo Server \\%1 or service %2 is not accessible or is offline
GOTO:eof
:usage
echo Will cause a remote service to STOP (if not already stopped).
echo This script will waiting for the service to enter the stopped state if necessary.
echo.
echo %0 [system name] [service name] {reason}
echo Example: %0 server1 MyService
echo.
echo For reason codes, run "sc stop"
GOTO:eof
safeServiceRestart.bat
@echo off
:: This script originally authored by Eric Falsken
if [%1]==[] GOTO usage
if [%2]==[] GOTO usage
ping -n 1 %1 | FIND "TTL=" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
:ResolveInitialState
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StopService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StartService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "PAUSED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
echo Service State is changing, waiting for service to resolve its state before making changes
sc \\%1 query %2 | Find "STATE"
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
GOTO ResolveInitialState
:StopService
echo Stopping %2 on \\%1
sc \\%1 stop %2 %3 >NUL
GOTO StopingService
:StopingServiceDelay
echo Waiting for %2 to stop
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
:StopingService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO StopingServiceDelay
:StopedService
echo %2 on \\%1 is stopped
GOTO StartService
:StartService
echo Starting %2 on \\%1
sc \\%1 start %2 >NUL
GOTO StartingService
:StartingServiceDelay
echo Waiting for %2 to start
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
:StartingService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO StartingServiceDelay
:StartedService
echo %2 on \\%1 is started
GOTO:eof
:SystemOffline
echo Server \\%1 or service %2 is not accessible or is offline
GOTO:eof
:usage
echo Will restart a remote service, waiting for the service to stop/start (if necessary)
echo.
echo %0 [system name] [service name] {reason}
echo Example: %0 server1 MyService
echo.
echo For reason codes, run "sc stop"
GOTO:eof
Solution 2 - Windows
What about powershell and WaitForStatus? Eg, the script below would restart SQL Server on a remote machine:
$computer = "COMPUTER_NAME"
$me = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist "DOMAIN\user", (convertto-securestring "password" -asplaintext -force)
$restartSqlServer = {
$sqlServer = get-service mssqlserver
$waitInterval = new-timespan -seconds 5
if (-not ($sqlServer.Status -eq "Stopped")) {
$sqlServer.Stop()
$sqlServer.WaitForStatus('Stopped', $waitInterval)
}
$sqlServer.Start()
$sqlServer.WaitForStatus('Running', $waitInterval)
}
icm -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock $restartSqlServer -Credential $me
Solution 3 - Windows
I've never actually seen something that does this specifically but it would be quite easy to knock such a utility out in C\C#\VB or any other language that gives easy access to the Service API. Here's a sample of something in C#.
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ServiceProcess;
namespace SCSync
{
class Program
{
private const int ERROR_SUCCESS = 0;
private const int ERROR_INVALID_COMMAND_LINE = 1;
private const int ERROR_NO_ACCESS = 2;
private const int ERROR_COMMAND_TIMEOUT = 3;
private const int ERROR_NO_SERVICE = 4;
private const int ERROR_NO_SERVER = 5;
private const int ERROR_INVALID_STATE = 6;
private const int ERROR_UNSPECIFIED = 7;
static int Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length < 2 || args.Length > 4)
{
ShowUsage();
return ERROR_INVALID_COMMAND_LINE;
}
string serviceName = args[0];
string command = args[1].ToUpper();
string serverName = ".";
string timeoutString = "30";
int timeout;
if (args.Length > 2)
{
if (args[2].StartsWith(@"\\"))
{
serverName = args[2].Substring(2);
if (args.Length > 3)
{
timeoutString = args[3];
}
}
else
{
timeoutString = args[2];
}
}
if (!int.TryParse(timeoutString, out timeout))
{
Console.WriteLine("Invalid timeout value.\n");
ShowUsage();
return ERROR_INVALID_COMMAND_LINE;
}
try
{
ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(serviceName, serverName);
switch (command)
{
case "START":
sc.Start();
sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, timeout));
break;
case "STOP":
sc.Stop();
sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, timeout));
break;
case "PAUSE":
sc.Pause();
sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Paused, new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, timeout));
break;
case "CONTINUE":
sc.Continue();
sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, timeout));
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("Invalid command value.\n");
ShowUsage();
return ERROR_INVALID_COMMAND_LINE;
}
}
catch (System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Operation timed out.\n");
return ERROR_COMMAND_TIMEOUT;
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
{
Console.WriteLine("You are not authorized to perform this action.\n");
return ERROR_NO_ACCESS;
}
catch (InvalidOperationException opEx)
{
Win32Exception winEx = opEx.InnerException as Win32Exception;
if (winEx != null)
{
switch (winEx.NativeErrorCode)
{
case 5: //ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
Console.WriteLine("You are not authorized to perform this action.\n");
return ERROR_NO_ACCESS;
case 1722: //RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE
Console.WriteLine("The server is unavailable or does not exist.\n");
return ERROR_NO_SERVER;
case 1060: //ERROR_SERVICE_DOES_NOT_EXIST
Console.WriteLine("The service does not exist.\n");
return ERROR_NO_SERVICE;
case 1056: //ERROR_SERVICE_ALREADY_RUNNING
Console.WriteLine("The service is already running.\n");
return ERROR_INVALID_STATE;
case 1062: //ERROR_SERVICE_NOT_ACTIVE
Console.WriteLine("The service is not running.\n");
return ERROR_INVALID_STATE;
default:
break;
}
}
Console.WriteLine(opEx.ToString());
return ERROR_UNSPECIFIED;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
return ERROR_UNSPECIFIED;
}
return ERROR_SUCCESS;
}
private static void ShowUsage()
{
Console.WriteLine("SCSync usage:\n");
Console.WriteLine("SCSync.exe service command <server> <timeout>\n");
Console.WriteLine(" service The name of the service upon which the command will act. (Required)");
Console.WriteLine(" command The command to execute - one of: start|stop|pause|continue. (Required)");
Console.WriteLine(" server The name of the server on which the target service runs. This must start with \\. (Optional)");
Console.WriteLine(" timeout The timeout period in seconds in which the command should finish. The default is 30 seconds. (Optional)");
Console.WriteLine("\n");
}
}
}
The WaitForStatus is just a polling loop and could be easily replaced in any other language. The rest is just OpenService and ControlService.
Solution 4 - Windows
Eric Falsken's solution works perfectly. +1.
But I'd like to add that the timeout command would sometimes fail with error: "Input redirection is not supported, exiting the process immediately"
To fix this I've had to replace the timeout command:
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >NUL
with the following:
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 1>NUL
Solution 5 - Windows
Edit on 10/20/2011 - updated my code. I posted it before fully debugging. Many thanks to Eric Falsken. What a great solution. I tweaked Eric's code (BTW look for a couple of typographical errors if you intend to use it). I added logging and some additional error-checking for some conditions Eric didn't account for. Since I'm most interested in a service restart (not just stopping and/or starting), I only built upon Eric's restart code. Anyway, I'm posting my version, hope you like it!
@ECHO off
:: This script originally authored by Eric Falsken http://stackoverflow.com/
:: Revised for by George Perkins 10/20/2011
IF [%1]==[] GOTO Usage
IF [%2]==[] GOTO Usage
:SetLocalVariables
SET /A MyDelay=0
SET MyHours=%time:~0,2%
IF %MyHours%==0 SET MyHours=00
IF %MyHours%==1 SET MyHours=01
IF %MyHours%==2 SET MyHours=02
IF %MyHours%==3 SET MyHours=03
IF %MyHours%==4 SET MyHours=04
IF %MyHours%==5 SET MyHours=05
IF %MyHours%==6 SET MyHours=06
IF %MyHours%==7 SET MyHours=07
IF %MyHours%==8 SET MyHours=08
IF %MyHours%==9 SET MyHours=09
SET MyMinutes=%time:~3,2%
SET MySeconds=%time:~6,2%
SET MyHundredths=%time:~9,2%
SET MyMonth=%date:~4,2%
SET MyDay=%date:~-7,2%
SET MyCentury=%date:~-4,4%
SET MyTimeStamp=%MyCentury%%MyMonth%%MyDay%%MyHours%%MyMinutes%%MySeconds%
IF "%3" == "" (
SET MyLog=C:\Temp
) ELSE (
SET MyLog=%3
)
SET MyLogFile=%MyLog%\ServiceRestart%MyTimeStamp%.log
ECHO.
ECHO. >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO ------------- ------------- %MyHours%:%MyMinutes%:%MySeconds%.%MyHundredths% %MyMonth%/%MyDay%/%MyCentury% ------------- -------------
ECHO ------------- ------------- %MyHours%:%MyMinutes%:%MySeconds%.%MyHundredths% %MyMonth%/%MyDay%/%MyCentury% ------------- ------------- >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO Begin batch program %0.
ECHO Begin batch program %0. >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO Logging to file %MyLogFile%.
ECHO Logging to file %MyLogFile%. >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO Attempting to restart service %2 on computer %1.
ECHO Attempting to restart service %2 on computer %1. >> %MyLogFile%
PING -n 1 %1 | FIND "TTL=" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 1 IF NOT errorlevel 2 GOTO SystemOffline
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "FAILED 1060" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO InvalidServiceName
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 1 IF NOT errorlevel 2 GOTO SystemOffline
:ResolveInitialState
SET /A MyDelay+=1
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StopService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StartService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "PAUSED" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO SystemOffline
ECHO Service State is changing, waiting %MyDelay% seconds for service to resolve its state before making changes.
ECHO Service State is changing, waiting %MyDelay% seconds for service to resolve its state before making changes. >> %MyLogFile%
TIMEOUT /t %MyDelay% /nobreak >> %MyLogFile%
GOTO ResolveInitialState
:StopService
SET /A MyDelay=0
ECHO Stopping %2 on \\%1.
ECHO Stopping %2 on \\%1. >> %MyLogFile%
SC \\%1 stop %2 | FIND "FAILED" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO Unstoppable
:StoppingServiceDelay
SET /A MyDelay+=1
IF %MyDelay%==21 GOTO MaybeUnStoppable
ECHO Waiting %MyDelay% seconds for %2 to stop.
ECHO Waiting %MyDelay% seconds for %2 to stop. >> %MyLogFile%
TIMEOUT /t %MyDelay% /nobreak >> %MyLogFile%
:StoppingService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StoppedService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOP_PENDING" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StoppingServiceDelay
GOTO StoppingServiceDelay
:MaybeUnStoppable
:: If we got here we waited approximately 3 mintues and the service has not stopped.
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "NOT_STOPPABLE" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO OneLastChance
GOTO Unstoppable
:OneLastChance
SC \\%1 stop %2 >> %MyLogFile%
SET /A MyDelay+=1
ECHO Waiting %MyDelay% seconds for %2 to stop.
ECHO Waiting %MyDelay% seconds for %2 to stop. >> %MyLogFile%
TIMEOUT /t %MyDelay% /nobreak >> %MyLogFile%
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "STOPPED" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO StoppedService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 1 IF NOT errorlevel 2 GOTO UnknownState
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "NOT_STOPPABLE" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 0 IF NOT errorlevel 1 GOTO Unstoppable
GOTO StoppingServiceDelay
:StoppedService
ECHO %2 on \\%1 is stopped.
ECHO %2 on \\%1 is stopped. >> %MyLogFile%
GOTO StartService
:StartService
SET /A MyDelay=0
ECHO Starting %2 on \\%1.
ECHO Starting %2 on \\%1. >> %MyLogFile%
SC \\%1 start %2 >> %MyLogFile%
GOTO StartingService
:StartingServiceDelay
SET /A MyDelay+=1
ECHO Waiting %MyDelay% seconds for %2 to start.
ECHO Waiting %MyDelay% seconds for %2 to start. >> %MyLogFile%
TIMEOUT /t %MyDelay% /nobreak >> %MyLogFile%
:StartingService
SC \\%1 query %2 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >> %MyLogFile%
IF errorlevel 1 IF NOT errorlevel 2 GOTO StartingServiceDelay
:StartedService
ECHO %2 on \\%1 is started.
ECHO %2 on \\%1 is started. >> %MyLogFile%
GOTO EndExit
:SystemOffline
ECHO Failure! Server \\%1 or service %2 is not accessible or is offline!
ECHO Failure! Server \\%1 or service %2 is not accessible or is offline! >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO See log file %MyLogFile% for details!
GOTO EndExit
:InvalidServiceName
ECHO Failure! Service %2 is not valid!
ECHO Failure! Service %2 is not valid! >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO See log file %MyLogFile% for details!
GOTO EndExit
:UnknownState
ECHO Failure! Service %2 in an unknown state and cannot be stopped!
ECHO Failure! Service %2 in an unknown state and cannot be stopped! >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO See log file %MyLogFile% for details!
GOTO EndExit
:UnStoppable
ECHO Failure! Service %2 cannot be stopped! Check dependencies or system state.
ECHO Failure! Service %2 cannot be stopped! Check dependencies or system state. >> %MyLogFile%
ECHO See log file %MyLogFile% for details!
GOTO EndExit
:Usage
ECHO Will restart a remote service, waiting for the service to stop/start (if necessary).
ECHO.
ECHO Usage:
ECHO %0 [system name] [service name] [logfile path]
ECHO Example: %0 server1 MyService C:\Temp\Log
ECHO.
GOTO EndExit
:EndExit
ECHO.
ECHO %0 Ended.
ECHO.
Solution 6 - Windows
What about PowerShell and Restart-Service commandlet? :)
Get-Service W3SVC -computer myserver | Restart-Service
Solution 7 - Windows
Eric Falsken's scripts are fantastic for this purpose. But note that they use the timeout command which is only available in Vista/Server2003 and newer. For an XP machine you can use sleep.exe from the NT Resource Kit instead. (This should be a commment to Eric's answer but not enough rep to do that).
Solution 8 - Windows
I improved the script of Eric Falsken and revised by Gerorge Perkins.
Changes:
-
now it is not only a restart script. The script can start, stop and restart a local or remote service;
-
removed logging (if you want this, you can use it simply by launching SCRIPT_NAME.bat > logfile.txt);
-
sparse optimizations.
@ECHO off :: This script originally authored by Eric Falsken http://stackoverflow.com/ :: Revised by George Perkins 10/20/2011 :: Revised by Armando Contestabile 02/23/2015 IF "%1"=="" GOTO Usage IF "%2"=="" GOTO Usage
SET ACTION=%1 SET SERVICENAME=%2
IF "%3"=="" ( SET SYSTEMNAME=%COMPUTERNAME% ) ELSE ( SET SYSTEMNAME=%3 )
IF "%ACTION%" == "stop" ( SET ACTION=STOP ) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "STOP" ( SET ACTION=STOP ) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "start" ( SET ACTION=START ) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "START" ( SET ACTION=START ) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "restart" ( SET ACTION=RESTART ) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "RESTART" ( SET ACTION=RESTART ) ELSE GOTO Usage
SET STATE= SET CURRENT_STATUS= SET /A DEFAULT_DELAY=5 SET /A SLEEP_COUNT=0 SET /A RESTARTED=0 SET /A MAX_WAIT_PERIODS=5
ECHO. ECHO Attempting to %ACTION% service %SERVICENAME% on computer %SYSTEMNAME%.
PING -n 1 %SYSTEMNAME% | FIND "TTL=" >nul 2>&1 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 2 ( ECHO Failure! Server \%SYSTEMNAME% or service %SERVICENAME% is not accessible or is offline! EXIT /B 1 ) SC \%SYSTEMNAME% query %SERVICENAME% | FIND "FAILED 1060" >nul 2>&1 IF ERRORLEVEL 0 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 ( ECHO Failure! Service %SERVICENAME% is not valid! EXIT /B 2 ) SC \%SYSTEMNAME% query %SERVICENAME% | FIND "STATE" >nul 2>&1 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 2 ( ECHO Failure! Server \%SYSTEMNAME% or service %SERVICENAME% is not accessible or is offline! EXIT /B 3 )
:Dispatch FOR /f "tokens=*" %%i IN ('SC \%SYSTEMNAME% query %SERVICENAME% ^| FIND "STATE"') DO SET STATE=%%i
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"1" >nul IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=STOPPED ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"2" >nul IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=START_PENDING ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"3" >nul IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=STOP_PENDING ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"4" >nul IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=RUNNING ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"5" >nul IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=CONTINUE_PENDING ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"6" >nul IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=PAUSE_PENDING ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"7" >nul IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=PAUSED
ECHO Current status of service is %CURRENT_STATUS%
IF NOT "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="RUNNING" IF NOT "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="STOPPED" IF NOT "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="PAUSED" ( IF "%SLEEP_COUNT%"=="%MAX_WAIT_PERIODS%" ( ECHO Service state won't change. Script exececution is canceled. EXIT /B 4 ) ECHO Service State is changing, waiting %DEFAULT_DELAY% seconds... SLEEP %DEFAULT_DELAY% SET /A SLEEP_COUNT+=1 GOTO Dispatch )
IF "%ACTION%"=="START" ( IF "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="RUNNING" ( ECHO Service %SERVICENAME% is running. GOTO EndExit ) ELSE ( GOTO StartService ) ) ELSE IF "%ACTION%"=="RESTART" ( IF "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="RUNNING" ( IF %RESTARTED%==1 ( ECHO Service %SERVICENAME% restarted. GOTO EndExit ) SET /A SLEEP_COUNT=0 GOTO StopService ) ELSE ( SET /A RESTARTED=1 GOTO StartService ) ) ELSE IF "%ACTION%"=="STOP" ( IF "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="STOPPED" ( ECHO Service %SERVICENAME% is stopped. GOTO EndExit ) ELSE ( GOTO StopService ) )
:StartService ECHO Starting %SERVICENAME% on \%SYSTEMNAME% SC \%SYSTEMNAME% start %SERVICENAME% >nul 2>&1 SET SLEEP_COUNT=0 GOTO Dispatch
:StopService ECHO Stopping %SERVICENAME% on \%SYSTEMNAME% SC \%SYSTEMNAME% stop %SERVICENAME% >nul 2>&1 SET SLEEP_COUNT=0 GOTO Dispatch
:Usage ECHO This script can start/stop/restart a local or remote service, waiting for the service to stop/start ^(if necessary^). ECHO. ECHO Usage: ECHO %0 ^<start^|stop^|restart^> ^<SERVICE^> [SYSTEM] ECHO. ECHO If no SYSTEM is provided, the script attempts to execute on the local system. EXIT /B 5
:EndExit ECHO. EXIT /B 0
Solution 9 - Windows
I've made a minor change to the script, so that it is running under Windows 10 or similar Versions. The command "sleep" was replaced with the command "timeout".
@ECHO off
:: This script originally authored by Eric Falsken http://stackoverflow.com/
:: Revised by George Perkins 10/20/2011
:: Revised by Armando Contestabile 02/23/2015
:: Revised by Sascha Jelinek 11/13/2020
IF "%1"=="" GOTO Usage
IF "%2"=="" GOTO Usage
SET ACTION=%1
SET SERVICENAME=%2
IF "%3"=="" (
SET SYSTEMNAME=%COMPUTERNAME%
) ELSE (
SET SYSTEMNAME=%3
)
IF "%ACTION%" == "stop" (
SET ACTION=STOP
) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "STOP" (
SET ACTION=STOP
) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "start" (
SET ACTION=START
) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "START" (
SET ACTION=START
) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "restart" (
SET ACTION=RESTART
) ELSE IF "%ACTION%" == "RESTART" (
SET ACTION=RESTART
) ELSE GOTO Usage
SET STATE=
SET CURRENT_STATUS=
SET /A DEFAULT_DELAY=5
SET /A SLEEP_COUNT=0
SET /A RESTARTED=0
SET /A MAX_WAIT_PERIODS=5
ECHO.
ECHO Attempting to %ACTION% service %SERVICENAME% on computer %SYSTEMNAME%.
PING -n 1 %SYSTEMNAME% | FIND "Antwort von" >nul 2>&1
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 2 (
ECHO Failure!! Server \\%SYSTEMNAME% or service %SERVICENAME% is not accessible or is offline!
EXIT /B 1
)
SC \\%SYSTEMNAME% query %SERVICENAME% | FIND "FAILED 1060" >nul 2>&1
IF ERRORLEVEL 0 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 (
ECHO Failure! Service %SERVICENAME% is not valid!
EXIT /B 2
)
SC \\%SYSTEMNAME% query %SERVICENAME% | FIND "STATE" >nul 2>&1
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 2 (
ECHO Failure! Server \\%SYSTEMNAME% or service %SERVICENAME% is not accessible or is offline!
EXIT /B 3
)
:Dispatch
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%i IN ('SC \\%SYSTEMNAME% query %SERVICENAME% ^| FIND "STATE"') DO SET STATE=%%i
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"1" >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=STOPPED
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"2" >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=START_PENDING
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"3" >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=STOP_PENDING
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"4" >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=RUNNING
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"5" >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=CONTINUE_PENDING
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"6" >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=PAUSE_PENDING
ECHO %STATE% | FINDSTR /C:"7" >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 SET CURRENT_STATUS=PAUSED
ECHO Current status of service is %CURRENT_STATUS%
IF NOT "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="RUNNING" IF NOT "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="STOPPED" IF NOT "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="PAUSED" (
IF "%SLEEP_COUNT%"=="%MAX_WAIT_PERIODS%" (
ECHO Service state won't change. Script exececution is canceled.
EXIT /B 4
)
ECHO Service State is changing, waiting %DEFAULT_DELAY% seconds...
TIMEOUT /t %DEFAULT_DELAY% /NOBREAK
SET /A SLEEP_COUNT+=1
GOTO Dispatch
)
IF "%ACTION%"=="START" (
IF "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="RUNNING" (
ECHO Service %SERVICENAME% is running.
GOTO EndExit
) ELSE (
GOTO StartService
)
) ELSE IF "%ACTION%"=="RESTART" (
IF "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="RUNNING" (
IF %RESTARTED%==1 (
ECHO Service %SERVICENAME% restarted.
GOTO EndExit
)
SET /A SLEEP_COUNT=0
GOTO StopService
) ELSE (
SET /A RESTARTED=1
GOTO StartService
)
) ELSE IF "%ACTION%"=="STOP" (
IF "%CURRENT_STATUS%"=="STOPPED" (
ECHO Service %SERVICENAME% is stopped.
GOTO EndExit
) ELSE (
GOTO StopService
)
)
:StartService
ECHO Starting %SERVICENAME% on \\%SYSTEMNAME%
SC \\%SYSTEMNAME% start %SERVICENAME% >nul 2>&1
SET SLEEP_COUNT=0
GOTO Dispatch
:StopService
ECHO Stopping %SERVICENAME% on \\%SYSTEMNAME%
SC \\%SYSTEMNAME% stop %SERVICENAME% >nul 2>&1
SET SLEEP_COUNT=0
GOTO Dispatch
:Usage
ECHO This script can start/stop/restart a local or remote service, waiting for the service to stop/start ^(if necessary^).
ECHO.
ECHO Usage:
ECHO %0 ^<start^|stop^|restart^> ^<SERVICE^> [SYSTEM]
ECHO.
ECHO If no SYSTEM is provided, the script attempts to execute on the local system.
EXIT /B 5
:EndExit
ECHO.
EXIT /B 0
Solution 10 - Windows
NET START
Solution 11 - Windows
I don't believe you can do this with a straight dos command. You might check Code Project or other similar sites to see if there's a custom solution for this already.
If not, you could write a secondary Windows service that does this for you by exposing the start/stop functionality through a WCF endpoint. To access this secondary service remotely, you could write a simple console app that connects to this service to start/stop the Windows service in question. Since it's a console app, it would mimic the desired behavior of working from the command line and not returning until complete (or an error occurred). It's not the straightforward, simple solution you're looking for, but I'll throw it out there for consideration.