SC STOP shortservicename SC DELETE shortservicename Note: You need to run the command prompt as an administrator, not just logged in as the administrator, but also with administrative rights. If you get errors above about not having the necessary access rights to stop and/or delete the service, run the command prompt as an administrator. You can do this by searching for the command prompt on 3. Kill Process by PID - Find out the PID (process id) of the service and force kill process by using the below command. Use pid number found with the previous command. taskkill /pid [pid number] /f. All done. You can now start your service now. ADVERTISEMENT. kill pid services windows. ADVERTISEMENT. Right-click the taskbar and choose " Task Manager ". Select the " Services " tab. Right-click the service you wish to delete, then choose " Go to details ". The process related to the service is highlighted. If you wish to remove it, you can track it down by right-clicking it and selecting " Open file location ". It provides you options to create/delete a Windows server, or manage service states. You can also change start type of service. Use one of the below commands to start, stop or restart service. ADVERTISEMENT. Start Service: sc start ServiceName. Stop Service: sc stop ServiceName. Restart Service: If you get errors above about not having the necessary access rights to stop and/or delete the service, run the command prompt as an administrator. You can do this by searching for the command prompt on your start menu and then right-clicking and selecting "Run as administrator". Note to PowerShell users: sc is aliased to set-content. To install MySQL as a Windows service manually, execute this in a command line shell, e.g. prompt> mysqld --install MySQLXY --defaults-file="C:Program FilesMySQLMySQL Server 5.1my.ini". Where "MySQLXY" is any service name you want to give to MySQL windows service. And "defaults-file" is the location of configuration file which you want Open the services browser, open the service you would like to remove and select/copy the "Service name:". Now, open a command prompt and type in the following command: sc delete (theservicename) Tags : Services, Windows, Server, 2008, 2008 R2. Currently rated 3.8 by 14 people. Stop service. To stop a running service using Services, use these steps: Open Start. Search for Services and click the top result to open the console. Double-click the service that you intend to Perform the following: Start up the command prompt (CMD) with administrator rights. Type c:windowsmicrosoft.netramework4..30319installutil.exe [your windows service path to exe]; Press return and that's that!; It's important to open with administrator rights otherwise you may find errors that come up that don't make sense. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices To delete the service, we need to remove that service key with the command as shown below. Get-Item HKLM:SYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTestService | Remove-Item -Force -Verbose Here we are using the Service name TestService and you need to reboot the server after running the above command. SPOILER ALERT: Scroll down and watch the video tutorial at the end of this article. Open command prompt by entering Command Prompt in Windows Search. Right-click it and select 'Run as administrator' from the context menu. Alternatively, you can open Command Prompt with admin