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Drew
Drew

Reputation: 2663

SC Delete Not Deleting Service

So I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and am trying to delete a service with 'sc delete <myservicesname>' and the command seems to execute without complaint, however, when I check the services list after running the command, the service is still there.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 37

Views: 44397

Answers (4)

Daikyu
Daikyu

Reputation: 331

You can do something like this in PowerShell, although Remove-Service cmdlet is only available in PowerShell versions 6.0 and up

$SERVICE_NAME

get-service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $SERVICE_NAME} | Stop_Service

try{
    if((Get-Host | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version).Major -ge 6){
        Remove-Service -Name $SERVICE_NAME
    }else{
        sc.exe delete $SERVICE_NAME
    }
}catch{
    Write-Output $_.exception.message
}

You can find the docs for Remove-Service cmdlet HERE

Upvotes: 0

Brian Witt
Brian Witt

Reputation: 1601

sc in PowerShell is Set-Content; so if you are running in PowerShell, you likely have a file called 'delete' with your service's name as its content

If this is indeed your issue, use

sc.exe delete servicename

Upvotes: 156

TNV
TNV

Reputation: 1003

Make sure to stop the service first then run the sc delete command. It will take care of closing any running process.

Upvotes: 1

astef
astef

Reputation: 9518

Service can be marked for deletion, but may not be deleted immediately, since something holds it. See this answer for possible holders: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20565337/1943849

In my case, I just closed the Computer Management window

Upvotes: 20

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