Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Removing a service manually in Windows Server 2008

I was writing a test Windows Service and accidentally removed it through the Programs and Features dialog, which removes the files, but doesn't actually remove the service from the service list. So when I tried to install the 2nd version of this test service it was complaining that it already existed.

I looked around a little and found that I could delete the Service from the registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[Your service]. I deleted the key (the little folder thingy) and it did show some change, but my service was still there and the newer version still wouldn't install.

After a little more looking around I found out that to fix it I could use sc delete [YourService] to fix it. And it did!

Next time, though, I really should use the installer I used to install it to remove it...
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    Hey Dude,

    This realy helped me saving my problemn.

    Great blog,
    H. Sals

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  2. DannyMarch 16, 2012 at 1:05 AM

    Hey man, just saved me a lot of work, thanks so much :-)

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  3. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 12:24 AM

    Thanks a lot dude. this helped me as well

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  4. AnonymousAugust 3, 2012 at 5:17 PM

    WOOT! First hit on Google, solved my problem.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 21, 2012 at 6:15 PM

    Legend!

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2012 at 12:17 PM

    Wow

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    Same here, never heard of that command, but it worked great!

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  8. A GuyOctober 2, 2012 at 8:15 PM

    Thank you, this is very useful!

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  9. AnonymousDecember 11, 2012 at 1:10 AM

    Thanks! Helped me too :)

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 8:20 AM

    You’ll need to open up a command prompt, and if you are using Windows 7 or Vista you’ll need to right-click the command prompt and choose Run as Administrator. We’ll use the sc command to actually do the work.

    The syntax used to delete a service is this:

    sc delete ServiceName

    If your service name has spaces in it, you’ll need to wrap the service name in quotes, like this:

    sc delete “Adobe LM Service”

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2013 at 10:42 PM

    Thanks. Works on Win 2008 too.

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  12. Alisson PeresFebruary 21, 2013 at 5:44 PM

    thanks man, that really solved my problem and had no problem finding the solution.

    First link on google and job done.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 11, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    Thanks.. Saved my time.. :)

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  14. AnonymousApril 3, 2013 at 3:42 PM

    This is terrific.
    But, the program I have installs as two services and while the command deleted the first service, the second one won't budge (I tried the double quotes).

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  15. UnknownApril 3, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    Pretty cool, my service stuck in there for a while because some bug in the code. Now I find the resolution. Thanks very much

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