How to Use PowerShell to Manage Windows Services

PowerShell provides powerful cmdlets for managing Windows services — starting, stopping, querying status, and configuring startup type.

List All Services

Get-Service

Start and Stop a Service

Start-Service -Name "wuauserv"
Stop-Service -Name "wuauserv"

Change Startup Type

Set-Service -Name "Spooler" -StartupType Disabled

Find Services by Status

Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Status -eq "Running" }