Vista - can someone plz explain to me how to delete a service?

can someone plz explain to me how to delete a service?

its not described if i type help service

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You can use WMI to delete an existing service:

$service = get-wmiobject win32_service -filter "serviceName"
$returnValue= $service.delete()


Return Value returns one of the listed values:

0 Success
1 Not Supported
2 Access Denied
3 Dependent Services Running
4 Invalid Service Control
5 Service Cannot Accept Control
6 Service Not Active
7 Service Request Timeout
8 Unknown Failure
9 Path Not Found
10 Service Already Running
11 Service Database Locked
12 Service Dependency Deleted
13 Service Dependency Failure
14 Service Disabled
15 Service Logon Failure
16 Service Marked For Deletion
17 Service No Thread
18 Status Circular Dependency
19 Status Duplicate Name
20 Status Invalid Name
21 Status Invalid Parameter
22 Status Invalid Service Account
23 Status Service Exists
24 Service Already Paused



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Shay Levi
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My -filter parameter wasn't complete, here's the modified one:

$service = get-wmiobject win32_service -filter "name='serviceName'"

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Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

You can use WMI to delete a service. Use Get-WMIObject and the -Filter
parameter to get the specific service

$s = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "Name = 'Spooler'"
$s | Get-Member

You will see there is a Delete method - Its actually listed as a script method

So

$s.Delete()

should remove your service. Be aware that there is no confirm or checking
with WMI methods. The delete will just happen.

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