You can use WMI or other tools for this since there is no Remove-Service cmdlet until Powershell 6.0 (See Remove-Service doc) For example: $service = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter “Name=”servicename”” $service.delete() Or with the sc.exe tool: sc.exe delete ServiceName Finally, if you do have access to PowerShell 6.0: Remove-Service -Name ServiceName
You should be able to uninstall it using sc.exe (I think it is included in the Windows Resource Kit) by running the following in an “administrator” command prompt: sc.exe delete <service name> where <service name> is the name of the service itself as you see it in the service management console, not of the exe. … Read more
NSSM is totally free and hyper-easy, running command prompt / terminal as administrator: nssm install “YourCoolServiceNameLabel” then a dialog will appear so you can choose where is the file you want to run. to uninstall nssm remove “YourCoolServiceNameLabel”
One thing that has caught me out in the past is that if you have the services viewer running then that prevents the services from being fully deleted, so close that beforehand
I guess something like this would work: Add System.ServiceProcess to your project references (It’s on the .NET tab). using System.ServiceProcess; ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(SERVICENAME); switch (sc.Status) { case ServiceControllerStatus.Running: return “Running”; case ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped: return “Stopped”; case ServiceControllerStatus.Paused: return “Paused”; case ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending: return “Stopping”; case ServiceControllerStatus.StartPending: return “Starting”; default: return “Status Changing”; } Edit: There … Read more
After trying for several hours, I finally did it. Make sure: you added the <MONGODB_PATH>\bin directory to the system variable PATH run command prompt as administrator Steps: step 1: execute this command: D:\mongodb\bin>mongod –remove Step 2: execute this command after opening command prompt as administrator: D:\mongodb\bin>mongod –dbpath=D:\mongodb –logpath=D:\mongodb\log.txt –install NOTE: you can also append –serviceName … Read more
An MSI is a Windows Installer database. Windows Installer (a service installed with Windows) uses this to install software on your system (i.e. copy files, set registry values, etc…). A setup.exe may either be a bootstrapper or a non-msi installer. A non-msi installer will extract the installation resources from itself and manage their installation directly. … Read more
Use this at your own risk. (I have tested it on XP and Server 2008 x64 R2) For this hack you will need SysinternalsSuite by Mark Russinovich: Step one: Open an elevated cmd.exe prompt (Run as administrator) Step two: Elevate again to root using PSExec.exe: Navigate to the folder containing SysinternalsSuite and execute the following … Read more
Apache Commons Daemon is a good alternative. It has Procrun for windows services, and Jsvc for unix daemons. It uses less restrictive Apache license, and Apache Tomcat uses it as a part of itself to run on Windows and Linux! To get it work is a bit tricky, but there is an exhaustive article with … Read more
Check the InnerException property of the TypeInitializationException; it is likely to contain information about the underlying problem, and exactly where it occurred.