Hi all,
I am attempting to write a batch file that kills the windows audio service using the following
taskkill /F /FI "Services eq Windows Audio"
however I am unable to get taskkill to handle the space in the service name. Any ideas?
Thanks
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Rather than use taskkill, why can't you use net stop:
net stop "Windows Audio"
net stop will let the service stop gracefully.
Patrick Cuff
2010-08-26 12:10:08
thanks Patrick, the issue I have with using net stop is that occasionally the service will not shut down gracefully, are there any more options with net stop that are more forecful?
gavin
2010-08-26 12:31:45
Does the service eventually shut down? Sometimes it takes longer for a service to stop than `net stop` allows, but will eventually shut down. You could set up a loop and poll the output of the 'net start' command, looping until "Windows Audio" is not found.Another option would be go get the PID of the AudioSrv service from the `tasklist /svc` command and use that in `taskkill`. The problem with using `taskkill` is that the Windows Audio service is hosted by an instance of `svchost.exe`, which may also be hosting other services. Killing this task will also kill those services.
Patrick Cuff
2010-08-26 14:02:09
You can also try the `sc` command to stop the service: `sc stop "AudioSrv"`
Patrick Cuff
2010-08-26 14:03:30