sc

Communicate with the Service Control Manager and services. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-query.

• Show the status of a service (no service name will list all services):

sc.exe query service_name

• Start a service asynchronously:

sc.exe create service_name binpath= path\to\service_binary_file

• Stop a service asynchronously:

sc.exe delete service_name

• Set the type of a service:

sc.exe config service_name type= service_type