How do I restart SharePoint Timer Service from command line?

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score 14 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 27 '12 at 03:28

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SharePoint 2010:

net stop SPTimerV4
net start SPTimerV4

edited Jun 27 '12 at 03:28

mgorven

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answered Nov 29 '10 at 20:03

Crop Duster

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '09 at 19:59

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net stop "Windows SharePoint Services Timer"

net start "Windows SharePoint Services Timer"

answered Jul 29 '09 at 19:59

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score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 06 '13 at 07:01

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I realize the OP is requesting a command-line solution, but using PowerShell (run as administrator), restarting the timer service is as easy as running:

restart-service sptimerv4

answered Jun 06 '13 at 07:01

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woo powershell! – Nacht Sep 19 '14 at 06:19
Alternatively, one at a time: `Stop-Service SPTimerV4` then `Start-Service SPTimerV4` – Underverse Dec 07 '16 at 01:52

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 01 '17 at 14:32

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SharePoint 2013: net stop SPTimerV4 / net start SPTimerV4

SharePoint 2007: net stop SPTimerV3 / net start SPTimerV3

SharePoint 2003: net stop SPTimer / net start SPTimer

edited Mar 01 '17 at 14:32

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answered Jul 29 '09 at 19:59

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '13 at 18:42

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And for SP2010/2013 to do this for all machines:

$farm = Get-SPFarm
$farm.TimerService.Instances | foreach { $_.Stop(); $_.Start(); }

answered Nov 19 '13 at 18:42

Mark Mascolino

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What's about http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/110928/spadminv4-which-could-not-be-contacted-in-deployment?noredirect=1#comment109814_110928 ? View comments: From my findings the $farm.TimerService.Instances doesn't implement start() or stop(), so this shouldn't work at all. – Kiquenet Aug 06 '14 at 11:25

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 09 '14 at 14:55

REM - Save this in a .BAT file and set up a scheduled task that runs it periodically.
REM - This will recycle the SharePoint Timer Service, and also log it in the Event Viewer. 

EVENTCREATE /T INFORMATION /L APPLICATION /ID 777 /D "Starting scheduled task: SP timer restart."

net stop SPTimerV4
net start SPTimerV4

if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
  EVENTCREATE /T INFORMATION /L APPLICATION /ID 777 /D "Scheduled task: Restart succeeded for the SharePoint Timer Service (SPTimerV4 AKA 'SharePoint 2010 Timer').  ERRORLEVEL=%ERRORLEVEL%.  The restart is done by Scheduled Task, which runs the batch file: C:\_________________ every _ hours."
exit /b
) else (
  EVENTCREATE /T ERROR /L APPLICATION /ID 777 /D "Scheduled task: Restart failed for the SharePoint Timer Service (SPTimerV4 AKA 'SharePoint 2010 Timer').  ERRORLEVEL=%ERRORLEVEL%.  Please stop and restart the service manually and investigate the issue preventing the restart. The restart is done by Scheduled Task, which runs the batch file: C:\___________________ every _ hours."
)
EXIT

How do I restart SharePoint Timer Service from command line?

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