Get startup type of Windows service using PowerShell

Question

How can I get the Windows service startup type using PowerShell and not using WMI?

I looked inside the Get-Service command, and it does not provide something to disp

Answer 1

Use:

Get-Service BITS | Select StartType

Or use:

(Get-Service -Name BITS).StartType

Then

Set-Service BITS -StartupType xxx

[PowerShell 5.1]

Answer 2

It is possible with PowerShell 4.

Get-Service *spool* | select name,starttype | ft -AutoSize

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Answer 3

As far as I know there is no “native” PowerShell way of getting this information. And perhaps it is rather the .NET limitation than PowerShell.

Here is the suggestion to add this functionality to the version next:

https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/424948/i-would-like-to-see-the-property-starttype-added-to-get-services

The WMI workaround is also there, just in case. I use this WMI solution for my tasks and it works.

Answer 4

You can use also:

(Get-Service 'winmgmt').StartType

It returns just the startup type, for example, disabled.

Answer 5

WMI is the way to do this.

Get-WmiObject -Query "Select StartMode From Win32_Service Where Name='winmgmt'"

Or

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Property StartMode -Filter "Name='Winmgmt'"

Answer 6

With PowerShell version 4:

You can run a command as given below:

   Get-Service | select -property name,starttype