How do I increase windows service startup timeout

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I have migrated software to a very slow sever. Some software services refuses to startup because of system timeout. How do I increase timeout from default 30 sec.(?) to several minutes?

Thank you in advance!

score 78 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '14 at 12:55

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You can modify the timeout value in the registry.

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
 - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
3. In the right pane, locate the ServicesPipeTimeout entry.

**Note**: If the ServicesPipeTimeout entry does not exist, you must create it. To do this, follow these steps:

 - On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
 - Type ServicesPipeTimeout, and then press ENTER. 
4. Right-click ServicesPipeTimeout, and then click Modify.
5. Click Decimal, type 60000, and then click OK.
 - This value represents the time in milliseconds before a service times out.
6. Restart the computer.

answered Aug 19 '14 at 12:55

HopelessN00b

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user149591 please mark this as the answer. – Nick DeMayo Feb 11 '15 at 18:17
@NickDeMayo Seeing as how he hasn't been back since August 19th, that seems unlikely to happen. – HopelessN00b Feb 11 '15 at 18:44
@HopelessN00b Can't mods mark stuff as answered on behalf of the users? :) – MichelZ Feb 13 '15 at 12:52
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For more discussion on how to control this timeout in other situations (Windows restart, etc) see this SO answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29928342/434413 – Chris Kline Jul 20 '17 at 13:02
Does anybody know the maximum value for this registry entry? I've just tried putting 10 minutes (on Windows 10) and I have the impression my service already stops at 5 minutes. – Dominique May 09 '18 at 07:17
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@Dominique 2 to the 32nd power, minus 1. Not that a value that high will do you any good. That’s just how long Windows will wait... if a process is taking that long to start, it sounds to me like it’s having trouble starting, and it might not be the Windows service timeout that’s causing your pain. – HopelessN00b May 14 '18 at 11:27
I'm finding this works for `net stop` just fine as my batch files wait very long for big services to stop (MySQL8) but `net start` still times out and fails in my batch files soon after attempting to start. Are there separate values for start/stop timeout? – ScottN Nov 11 '22 at 15:37

lauxjpn · Answer 2 · 2023-03-21T01:33:11.013

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Here is a quick one-liner, which can be executed from an elevated PowerShell prompt, that sets the pending service timeout to 3 minutes:

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control" -Name ServicesPipeTimeout -Value 180000 -Type DWord

edited Mar 21 '23 at 01:33

answered Jan 26 '21 at 16:23

lauxjpn

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Brilliant! Can't stand sludging through regedit. – BaseZen Feb 24 '21 at 19:49

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 23 '20 at 08:19

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answered Jun 23 '20 at 08:19

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