List, Start, Stop & Restart Windows Services with PowerShell

Managing services. Starting, stopping and changing startup type need an elevated prompt.

Find a service

Get-Service -Name *spool*
Get-Service -DisplayName "*print*"

Only running (or only stopped) services

Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq 'Running'
Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq 'Stopped'

Start / stop / restart (admin)

Start-Service   -Name Spooler
Stop-Service    -Name Spooler
Restart-Service -Name Spooler

Set the startup type (admin)

Set-Service -Name Spooler -StartupType Automatic   # or Manual / Disabled

Services set to auto-start but not running

Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.StartType -eq 'Automatic' -and $_.Status -ne 'Running' }

Manage a service on a remote machine

Get-Service -ComputerName SERVER01 -Name W32Time

Note: Get-Service shows StartType natively in PowerShell 7+ / recent 5.1; on older builds use Get-CimInstance Win32_Service | Select Name, State, StartMode. To stop a service that has dependents, add -Force to Stop-Service.