I have a couple old services that I want to completely uninstall. How can I do this?
System administration questions are Ok. Programmers constantly deal with these kinds of issues.
Eric Z Beard
2008-09-16 19:40:14
Not specifically the question, but whoever does a lot of windows programming will find the answer useful. I for one need to do those a lot when debugging / testing my COM+ app.
Mostlyharmless
2008-09-16 19:41:13
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A:
Click Start | Run and type regedit in the Open: line. Click OK.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
Scroll down the left pane, locate the service name, right click it and select Delete.
Reboot the system
Mark Schill
2008-09-16 19:39:10
A:
Remove the right key from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
Lars Truijens
2008-09-16 19:39:19
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A:
Use the SC command, like this (you need to be on a command prompt to execute the commands in this post):
SC STOP shortservicename
SC DELETE shortservicename
If you need to find the short service name of a service, use the following command to get a list of services and their status:
SC QUERY
For a more concise list, execute this command:
SC QUERY | FIND "_NAME"
The short service name will be listed just above the display name, like this:
SERVICE_NAME: SSDPSRV
DISPLAY_NAME: SSDP Discovery Service
And thus to delete that service (it is not recommended to delete the SSDPSRV service btw):
SC STOP SSDPSRV
SC DELETE SSDPSRV
Lasse V. Karlsen
2008-09-16 19:41:17
Deleting the SSDP Discovery Service? It is used for detecting and configuring UPnP devices on the local network, you should not delete it. It was just used as an example.
Lasse V. Karlsen
2008-09-16 20:00:21
Oooh, I see, yes. I thought you meant deleting services wasn't recommended. Thanks for the answer!
sgwill
2008-09-16 20:07:15
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A:
Use services.msc or (Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services) to find the service in question. Double-click to see the service name and the path to the executable.
Check the exe version information for a clue as to the owner of the service, and use Add/Remove programs to do a clean uninstall if possible.
Failing that, from the command prompt:
sc stop servicexyz
sc delete servicexyz
No restart should be required.
asquithea
2008-09-16 19:44:56
A:
Here is a vbs script that was passed down to me:
Set servicelist= GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_Service")
for each service in servicelist
sname=lcase(service.name)
If sname = "NameOfMyService" Then
msgbox(sname)
service.delete ' the internal name of your service
end if
next
Lucas
2008-09-16 19:53:47
A:
If they are .NET created services you can use the installutil.exe with the /u switch its in the .net framework folder like C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727
UndertheFold
2008-10-28 04:37:49