Get-Service
Gets the services on the computer.
Get-Service
[[-Name] <String[]>]
[-DependentServices]
[-RequiredServices]
[-Include <String[]>]
[-Exclude <String[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-Service
[-DependentServices]
[-RequiredServices]
-DisplayName <String[]>
[-Include <String[]>]
[-Exclude <String[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-Service
[-DependentServices]
[-RequiredServices]
[-Include <String[]>]
[-Exclude <String[]>]
[-InputObject <ServiceController[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]
This cmdlet is only available on the Windows platform.
The Get-Service
cmdlet gets objects that represent the services on a computer, including running
and stopped services. By default, when Get-Service
is run without parameters, all the local
computer's services are returned.
You can direct this cmdlet to get only particular services by specifying the service name or the display name of the services, or you can pipe service objects to this cmdlet.
This example gets all of the services on the computer. It behaves as though you typed
Get-Service *
. The default display shows the status, service name, and display name of each
service.
Get-Service
This example retrieves services with service names that begin with WMI
(Windows Management
Instrumentation).
Get-Service "wmi*"
This example displays services with a display name that includes the word network
. Searching the
display name finds network-related services even when the service name doesn't include Net
, such
as xmlprov, the Network Provisioning Service.
Get-Service -DisplayName "*network*"
This example only gets the services with service names that begin with win
, except for the WinRM
service.
Get-Service -Name "win*" -Exclude "WinRM"
This example displays only the services with a status of Running
.
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}
Get-Service
gets all the services on the computer and sends the objects down the pipeline. The
Where-Object
cmdlet, selects only the services with a Status property that equals Running
.
Status is only one property of service objects. To see all of the properties, type
Get-Service | Get-Member
.
This example gets services that have dependent services.
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DependentServices} |
Format-List -Property Name, DependentServices, @{
Label="NoOfDependentServices"
Expression={$_.DependentServices.Count}
}
Name : AudioEndpointBuilder
DependentServices : {AudioSrv}
NoOfDependentServices : 1
Name : Dhcp
DependentServices : {WinHttpAutoProxySvc}
NoOfDependentServices : 1
...
The Get-Service
cmdlet gets all the services on the computer and sends the objects down the
pipeline. The Where-Object
cmdlet selects the services whose DependentServices property isn't
null.
The results are sent down the pipeline to the Format-List
cmdlet. The Property parameter
displays the name of the service, the name of the dependent services, and a calculated property that
displays the number of dependent services for each service.
This example shows that when you sort services in ascending order by the value of their Status
property, stopped services appear before running services. This happens because the value of
Status is an enumeration, in which Stopped
has a value of 1
, and Running
has a value of
4
. For more information, see
ServiceControllerStatus.
To list running services first, use the Descending parameter of the Sort-Object
cmdlet.
Get-Service "s*" | Sort-Object status
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Stopped stisvc Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Stopped SwPrv MS Software Shadow Copy Provider
Stopped SysmonLog Performance Logs and Alerts
Running Spooler Print Spooler
Running srservice System Restore Service
Running SSDPSRV SSDP Discovery Service
Running ShellHWDetection Shell Hardware Detection
Running Schedule Task Scheduler
Running SCardSvr Smart Card
Running SamSs Security Accounts Manager
Running SharedAccess Windows Firewall/Internet Connectio...
Running SENS System Event Notification
Running seclogon Secondary Logon
This example gets the services that the WinRM service requires. The value of the service's ServicesDependedOn property is returned.
Get-Service "WinRM" -RequiredServices
This example gets the WinRM service on the local computer. The service name string, enclosed in
quotation marks, is sent down the pipeline to Get-Service
.
"WinRM" | Get-Service
Indicates that this cmdlet gets only the services that depend upon the specified service.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | DS |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Specifies, as a string array, the display names of services to be retrieved. Wildcards are permitted.
Type: | String[] |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | True |
Specifies, as a string array, a service or services that this cmdlet excludes from the operation.
The value of this parameter qualifies the Name parameter. Enter a name element or pattern, such
as s*
. Wildcards are permitted.
Type: | String[] |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | True |
Specifies, as a string array, a service or services that this cmdlet includes in the operation. The
value of this parameter qualifies the Name parameter. Enter a name element or pattern, such as
s*
. Wildcards are permitted.
Type: | String[] |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | True |
Specifies ServiceController objects representing the services to be retrieved. Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects. You can pipe a service object to this cmdlet.
Type: | ServiceController[] |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Specifies the service names of services to be retrieved. Wildcards are permitted.
Type: | String[] |
Aliases: | ServiceName |
Position: | 0 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | True |
Indicates that this cmdlet gets only the services that this service requires. This parameter gets the value of the ServicesDependedOn property of the service.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | SDO, ServicesDependedOn |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | True |
You can pipe a service object to this cmdlet.
You can pipe a service name to this cmdlet.
This cmdlet returns objects that represent the services on the computer.
PowerShell includes the following aliases for Get-Service
:
- Windows:
gsv
This cmdlet is only available on Windows platforms.
Beginning in PowerShell 6.0, the following properties are added to the ServiceController objects: UserName, Description, DelayedAutoStart, BinaryPathName, and StartupType .
This cmdlet can display services only when the current user has permission to see them. If this cmdlet does not display services, you might not have permission to see them.
To find the service name and display name of each service on your system, type Get-Service
. The
service names appear in the Name column, and the display names appear in the DisplayName
column.
Note
Typically, Get-Service
returns information about services and not driver. However, if you
specify the name of a driver, Get-Service
returns information about the driver.
- Enumeration doesn't include device driver services
- When a wildcard is specified, the cmdlet only returns Windows services
- If you specify the Name or DisplayName that is an exact match to a device service name, then the device instance is returned
When you sort in ascending order by status value, Stopped
services appear before Running
services. The Status property of a service is an enumerated value in which the names of the
statuses represent integer values. The sort is based on the integer value, not the name. Running
appears before Stopped
because Stopped
has a value of 1
, and Running
has a value of 4
. For
more information, see ServiceControllerStatus.
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