How to check if a service is running via batch file and start it if it is not running

Question

I want to write a batch file that performs the following operations     Check if a service is running     If is it running  quit the batch   If it is not running  start the service      The code samples I googled so far turned out not to be working  so I decided not to post them    Starting a service is done by   net start  SERVICENAME     How can I check if a service is running  and how to make an if statement in a batchfile    I m a bit confused  What is the argument I have to pass onto the net start  The service name or its display name

User · Answer

Starting Service using Powershell script. You can link this to task scheduler and trigger it at intervals or as needed. Create this as a PS1 file i.e. file with extension PS1 and then let this file be triggered from task scheduler.

To start stop service

in task scheduler if you are using it on server use this in arguments

-noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -file "C:\Service Restart Scripts\StopService.PS1"

verify by running the same on cmd if it works it should work on task scheduler also

$Password = "Enter_Your_Password"
$UserAccount = "Enter_Your_AccountInfor"
$MachineName = "Enter_Your_Machine_Name"
$ServiceList = @("test.SocketService","test.WcfServices","testDesktopService","testService")
$PasswordSecure = $Password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $UserAccount, $PasswordSecure 

$LogStartTime = Get-Date -Format "MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss tt"
$FileDateTimeStamp = Get-Date -Format "MM-dd-yyyy_hh"
$LogFileName = "C:\Users\krakhil\Desktop\Powershell\Logs\StartService_$FileDateTimeStamp.txt" 


#code to start the service

"`n####################################################################" > $LogFileName
"####################################################################" >> $LogFileName
"######################  STARTING SERVICE  ##########################" >> $LogFileName

for($i=0;$i -le 3; $i++)
{
"`n`n" >> $LogFileName
$ServiceName = $ServiceList[$i]
"$LogStartTime => Service Name: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName

Write-Output "`n####################################"
Write-Output "Starting Service - " $ServiceList[$i]

"$LogStartTime => Starting Service: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName
Start-Service $ServiceList[$i]

$ServiceState = Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $ServiceList[$i]}

if($ServiceState.Status -eq "Running")
{
"$LogStartTime => Started Service Successfully: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName
Write-Host "`n Service " $ServiceList[$i] " Started Successfully"
}
else
{
"$LogStartTime => Unable to Stop Service: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName
Write-Output "`n Service didn't Start. Current State is - "
Write-Host $ServiceState.Status
}
}

#code to stop the service

"`n####################################################################" > $LogFileName
"####################################################################" >> $LogFileName
"######################  STOPPING SERVICE  ##########################" >> $LogFileName

for($i=0;$i -le 3; $i++)
{
"`n`n" >> $LogFileName
$ServiceName = $ServiceList[$i]
"$LogStartTime => Service Name: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName

Write-Output "`n####################################"
Write-Output "Stopping Service - " $ServiceList[$i]

"$LogStartTime => Stopping Service: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName
Stop-Service $ServiceList[$i]

$ServiceState = Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $ServiceList[$i]}

if($ServiceState.Status -eq "Stopped")
{
"$LogStartTime => Stopped Service Successfully: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName
Write-Host "`n Service " $ServiceList[$i] " Stopped Successfully"
}
else
{
"$LogStartTime => Unable to Stop Service: $ServiceName" >> $LogFileName
Write-Output "`nService didn't Stop. Current State is - "
Write-Host $ServiceState.Status
}
}

User · Answer

Maybe a much simpler way  Just adding to the list of answers here    for  f  tokens 1   delims       a in   sc queryex state Inactive   do net start    b

User · Answer

For Windows server 2012 below is what worked for me  Replace only  SERVICENAME  with actual service name    ECHO OFF SET SvcName SERVICENAME  SC QUERYEX   SvcName     FIND  STATE    FIND  v  RUNNING   gt  NUL  amp  amp        ECHO  SvcName  is not running      ECHO START  SvcName       NET START   SvcName    gt  NUL              ECHO   SvcName   wont start          EXIT  B 1           ECHO   SvcName   is started     EXIT  B 0            ECHO   SvcName   is running     EXIT  B 0

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To check a service s state  use sc query  lt SERVICE NAME gt   For if blocks in batch files  check the documentation   The following code will check the status of the service MyServiceName and start it if it is not running  the if block will be executed if the service is not running    for  F  tokens 3 delims       H in   sc query  MyServiceName     findstr          STATE    do     if  I    H  NEQ  RUNNING       REM Put your code you want to execute here    REM For example  the following line    net start  MyServiceName          Explanation of what it does    Queries the properties of the service  Looks for the line containing the text  STATE  Tokenizes that line  and pulls out the 3rd token  which is the one containing the state of the service  Tests the resulting state against the string  RUNNING    As for your second question  the argument you will want to pass to net start is the service name  not the display name

User · Answer

Echo off  Set ServiceName wampapache64  SC queryex   ServiceName   Find  STATE  Find  v  RUNNING  gt Nul amp  amp    echo  ServiceName  not running echo    Net start   ServiceName         SC queryex   ServiceName   Find  STATE  Find  v  RUNNING  gt Nul amp  amp           Echo   ServiceName   wont start               echo   ServiceName   started           echo   ServiceName   was working and stopping     echo        Net stop   ServiceName        pause

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Related with the answer by  DanielSerrano  I ve been recently bit by localization of the sc exe command  namely in Spanish  My proposal is to pin-point the line and token which holds numerical service state and interpret it  which should be much more robust    echo off  rem TODO  change to the desired service name set TARGET SERVICE w32time  set SERVICE STATE  rem Surgically target third line  as some locales  such as Spanish  translated the utility s output for  F  skip 3 tokens 3    i in      windir  system32 sc exe  query   TARGET SERVICE   2 gt nul    do     if not defined SERVICE STATE set SERVICE STATE   i   rem Process result if not defined SERVICE STATE     echo ERROR  could not obtain service state    else     rem NOTE  values correspond to  SERVICE STATUS dwCurrentState    rem https   msdn microsoft com en-us library windows desktop ms685996 v vs 85  aspx   if not  SERVICE STATE   4       echo WARNING  service is not running     rem TODO  perform desired operation     rem net start   TARGET SERVICE       else       echo INFORMATION  service is running         Tested with    Windows XP  32-bit  English Windows 10  32-bit  Spanish Windows 10  64-bit  English

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I just found this thread and wanted to add to the discussion if the person doesn t want to use a batch file to restart services   In Windows there is an option if you go to Services  service properties  then recovery   Here you can set parameters for the service   Like to restart the service if the service stops   Also  you can even have a second fail attempt do something different as in restart the computer

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I also wanted an email sent if the service was started this way so added a bit to  Ic code just thought I would post it in case it helped anyone   I used SendMail but there are other command line options How to send a simple email from a Windows batch file   set service MyServiceName  for  F  tokens 3 delims       H in   sc query  service     findstr          STATE    do     if  I    H  NEQ  RUNNING         net start  service       for  F  tokens 3 delims       H in   sc query  service     findstr          STATE    do         if  I    H  EQ  RUNNING            SendMail  smtpserver localhost  to me mydomain com  from watchdog mydomain com  subject Service Autostart Notification  body Autostart on service  service  succeded          else           SendMail  smtpserver localhost  to me mydomain com  from watchdog mydomain com  subject Service Autostart Notification  body Autostart on service  service  failed

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Language independent version    Echo Off Set ServiceName Jenkins   SC queryex   ServiceName   Find  STATE  Find  v  RUNNING  gt Nul amp  amp       echo  ServiceName  not running      echo Start  ServiceName       Net start   ServiceName   gt nul            Echo   ServiceName   wont start          exit  b 1           echo   ServiceName   started     exit  b 0          echo   ServiceName   working     exit  b 0

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You can use the following command to see if a service is running or not   sc query  ServiceName    findstr  i  STATE    When I run it for my NOD32 Antivirus  I get   STATE                         4 RUNNING   If it was stopped  I would get   STATE                         1 STOPPED   You can use this in a variable to then determine whether you use NET START or not   The service name should be the service name  not the display name

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Cuando se use Windows en Espa  ol  el c  digo debe quedar asi   when using Windows in Spanish  code is    for  F  tokens 3 delims       H in   sc query MYSERVICE    findstr          ESTADO    do     if  I    H  NEQ  RUNNING        REM Put your code you want to execute here     REM For example  the following line     net start MYSERVICE         Reemplazar MYSERVICE con el nombre del servicio que se desea procesar  Puedes ver el nombre del servicio viendo las propiedades del servicio   Replace MYSERVICE with the name of the service to be processed  You can see the name of the service on service properties

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echo off  color 1F    sc query  gt  COMPUTERNAME  START TXT   find  I  AcPrfMgrSvc   COMPUTERNAME  START TXT  gt nul  IF ERRORLEVEL 0 EXIT  IF ERRORLEVEL 1 NET START  AcPrfMgrSvc

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That should do it   FOR   a IN   Svcs   DO  SC query   a   FIND  i  RUNNING  IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SC start   a

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To toggle a service use the following      NET START  Distributed Transaction   Coordinator    NET STOP  Distributed   Transaction Coordinator

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