Batch file to check if a system service is running

Question

I would like to know how to check if a service is running using a batch file

e.g.

if xxxx service is running go to start stage2.bat else go to echo Service not running

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Answer 1

Similar to How to check if a process is running via a batch script

EDIT:
From the post, with an added else statement:

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq myapp.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "myapp.exe">NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" (
    call stage2.bat
) else (
    echo Program is not running
)

For a service:

sc query "ServiceName" | find "RUNNING"
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" (
    call stage2.bat
) else (
    echo Program is not running
)

Answer 2

read this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251192 and see SC /?

then try

SC QUERY

EDIT: to automate the check, pipe the result to FIND and look for RUNNING

 SC QUERY %1 | FIND "STATE" | FIND "RUNNING" >nul
 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (echo NOT RUNNING ) ELSE (echo RUNNING) 

Answer 3

@echo off

color 1F


@sc query >%COMPUTERNAME%_START.TXT

ECHO REPORT MISSING INSTALL SERVICES >%COMPUTERNAME%_MISSING.TXT


find /I "AcPrfMgrSvc" %COMPUTERNAME%_START.TXT >nul

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 NET START "AcPrfMgrSvc"

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO AcPrfMgrSvc >>%COMPUTERNAME%_MISSING.TXT

Answer 4

My solution, because under Windows7 just IF ERRORLEVEL 1 does not work and errorlevel is 0 in case findstr successful or not.

In my case, I'm looking for something started by java.exe, lets say HELLO.jar [parameter of java.exe]

    wmic PROCESS LIST FULL | findstr /I java.exe | findstr /I HELLO.jar

    if ErrorLevel 1 (
        Echo OK
        msg "%username%" HELLO.jar not started
            Pause   
    ) else (
        Echo ERR
        msg "%username%" HELLO.jar already running
            Pause
        exit
    )

Answer 5

First of all you might need admin privileges and non of the examples deals with that. If you don't make us of nircmd already you could start now 🤪

This is how I do it anyways. When my bluetooth stops working 😬

set _ServiceName=CSRBtAudioService
 call :SrvStat %_ServiceName%
goto :SomeWhere

:SrvStat
sc query "%1" | find "RUNNING"
    if %Errorlevel% EQU 0 ( echo: restarting %1 & nircmd elevatecmd service restart %1
    ) else ( echo: starting %1 & nircmd elevatecmd service start %1 )
exit /b

Answer 6

In case someone is looking to do this on a remote system using SC. Note: Placed in the extra 'if /I "%%H"' statement for example purposes of further use.

SC \\host query

Example:

:: This example prints the status of a remote service 
SC \\%REMOTE_SYSTEM% query %SERVICE% | FIND "STATE" >nul
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
    echo RESULT: %SERVICE% is [UNKNOWN]  
 ) ELSE (
    for /F "tokens=3 delims=: " %%H in ('SC \\%REMOTE_SYSTEM% query "%SERVICE%" ^| findstr "        STATE"') do (
        if /I "%%H"=="STOPPED" (
            echo RESULT: %SERVICE% is %%H
        ) else (
            echo RESULT: %SERVICE% is %%H
        )
    )
)