Get the services on the local computer.
Syntax
Get-Service { [-name] string[] | -displayName string[]
| -inputObject ServiceController[] }
[-include string[]] [-exclude string[]]
[CommonParameters]
Key
-name Service names to retrieve. Wildcards are permitted.
-displayName Display names of services to retrieve. Wildcards permitted.
-inputObject ServiceController object(s) to retrieve.
A variable containing objects or a command / expression that
gets the objects.
-Include Retrieve only the Service Name(s) specified
-Exclude Omit the Service Name(s) specified
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable.
By default, Get-Service will return all the services on the computer.
Examples
Get all the services on the computer.:
PS C:\>get-service
Get services with names that begin "WMI":
PS C:\>get-service wmi*
Display only services that are currently running:
PS C:\>get-service | where-object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}
Status is only one property of service objects, to see all the properties: get-service | get-member
To retrieve the description of a service use the Win32_Service WMI class:
PS C:\>get-wmiobject win32_service | where-object {$_.Name -eq "Schedule"} | format-list Name, Description
"Events dear boy, events" - Harold Macmillan (response when asked "what is most likely to blow governments off course")
Related:
New-Service - Create a new service
Restart-Service - Restart a stopped service
Resume-Service - Resume a suspended service
Set-Service - Make and set changes to the properties of a service
Start-Service - Start a stopped service
Stop-Service - Stop a running service
Suspend-Service - Suspend a running service
Windows cmd command: NET START / SC - Service Control
