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".

score 47 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:32

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With PowerShell version 4:

You can run a command as given below:

   Get-Service | select -property name,starttype

edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:32

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answered Jul 18 '16 at 01:35

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This seems to work on v5 only - tested on v4 and v2 and the StartType field doesn't populate – KERR Oct 09 '17 at 03:12
This doesn't work either in v5 on a Windows Server 2012 R2. It does work on Windows 10, both locally and querying a remote Windows Server 2012 R2. – curropar Dec 21 '17 at 10:56
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Reminder to self: adding `| Select-Object *` will list **all** properties on Windows 10 with PowerShell `PSVersion=5.1.17134.407` – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers Jan 07 '19 at 19:37
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The property was added to the underlying class in .NET 4.6.1 -- the version of PowerShell is irrelevant https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.serviceprocess.servicecontroller.starttype – Jaykul Feb 06 '20 at 05:23

score 42 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '10 at 17:03

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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'"

answered Nov 29 '10 at 17:03

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is there a way to change the starttype via PowerShell ? – V-Light Jul 08 '11 at 08:43
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Sure. `$svc = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "Name='Winmgmt'"; $svc.StartMode='Manual'; $svc.psbase.put() – ravikanth Jul 11 '11 at 16:12
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how do i see if delayed start is set for service? – Anders Rask Oct 20 '11 at 11:00
The only way I know is to use the Registry Key: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/02/02/ws2008-startup-processes-and-delayed-automatic-start.aspx – ravikanth Oct 24 '11 at 05:16

score 15 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:57

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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.

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answered Apr 14 '13 at 21:05

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Maybe useful: Set-Service -Name Winmgmt -StartupType Manual -Status running - view http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/powershell/powershell_service_set.htm – Kiquenet Apr 16 '14 at 09:20

score 11 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:51

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You can use also:

(Get-Service 'winmgmt').StartType

It returns just the startup type, for example, disabled.

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answered Feb 02 '17 at 12:43

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This appears to only work on PS v5. I tested on v2 and v4 but it returns nothing. – KERR Oct 09 '17 at 03:10

score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 29 '10 at 15:12

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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:

https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/424948/i-would-like-to-see-the-property-starttype-added-to-get-services

The WMI workaround is also there, just in case. I use this WMI solution for my tasks and it works.

answered Nov 29 '10 at 15:12

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Status as of 2015-10-10: [*This is fixed and will be available in the next Technical Preview of Windows Server 2016.*](https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/424948/i-would-like-to-see-the-property-starttype-added-to-get-services) – StackzOfZtuff Nov 23 '15 at 10:38

score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:48

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

It's also possible to do this without piping: `(Get-Service -Name MpsSvc).StartType` — Gargravarr, Nov 14 '16 at 17:30

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:51

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Use:

Get-Service BITS | Select StartType

Or use:

(Get-Service -Name BITS).StartType

Then

Set-Service BITS -StartupType xxx

[PowerShell 5.1]

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answered May 06 '17 at 03:02

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score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:46

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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

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answered May 04 '16 at 04:35

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 18:50

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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

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answered Nov 23 '16 at 17:27

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 12 '20 at 21:22

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It is possible with PowerShell 4.

Get-Service *spool* | select name,starttype | ft -AutoSize

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answered Jan 12 '20 at 21:22

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 04 '22 at 06:11

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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.

answered Apr 04 '22 at 06:11

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