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SharpCoder
SharpCoder

Reputation: 19189

HTTP The service is starting or stopping. Please try again later error on windows 7

I used following command to stop the HTTP service 

net stop http /y

And I got following error message:

The service is starting or stopping. Please try again later.

Now the HTTP service is in a in-between state. Its neither stopped nor starting. What should i do?

I read some similar issues but they are not helping.

Can't stop IIS in windows 7

Upvotes: 11

Views: 54094

Answers (4)

Sudhakar
Sudhakar

Reputation: 3180

You should be able to kill it via the Task Manager.

Right-click on taskbar -> Start Task Manager Go to Process tab If you can find the service under the Processes tab:

Right click and select "End Process" If you don't see it under Processes (or don't know which is the process for the service you want to kill),

While on the Processes tab

Check "Show processes from all users" in the lower left Then "View" menu and choose "Select Columns" Check "PID" and hit OK Go to the services tab to find the PID of the service you want to kill Go back to Processes tab and Right-click -> End Process

Copied the answer from the https://superuser.com/questions/489949/force-windows-7-service-to-stop
and it worked for me.

Upvotes: 12

Ira
Ira

Reputation: 1

What worked for me (I am using Windows 10):

  1. Restarted the PC - It reset the "starting and stopping state" and started Http service - Irrespective of OS worth trying

  2. Opened command prompt in the administrator mode

  3. Http Service is running by default, can check using command -> Net Start HTTP

  4. Run command -> Net Stop HTTP Following message is displayed The following services depend on the HTTP Service service. Stopping the HTTP Service service also stops these services.

    WWW Publishing Service W3C Logging Service SSDP search Feature Search Resource Release Function Search Provider Host

  5. Upon entering 'Y', HTTP Service stops

Upvotes: -1

Baris
Baris

Reputation: 93

I did this (on Windows 10) and can be done on Windows 7 (see below):

  • Turn on the windows feature the IIS Management Console.
  • Windows search for "IIS Manager"
  • From the Manage Server Menu on the right, select "Stop"

it worked. (e.g. free up the port 80 )

I checked that the same can be done on Windows 7 : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/install/installing-iis-7/installing-iis-on-windows-vista-and-windows-7

Upvotes: 2

Tereza Tomcova
Tereza Tomcova

Reputation: 5088

There are probably some processes that have open handles to \Device\Http\*.

You need close these handles or processes (e.g. in Process Explorer) to let the HTTP service stop.

Upvotes: 4

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