Not Able to Start windows service on windows server 2016 using powershell

Question

I am trying to start windows service using Powershell. The Command is Start-Service -Name 'Log Reader' -Verbose

I ran above command with evlevated powershell with Admin rights.

But I am getting following

Start-Service : Failed to start service 'Log Reader (Log Reader)'.

At line:1 char:1

Start-Service -Name 'Log Reader' -Verbose

  + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Start-Service], ServiceCommandException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartServiceCommand

On Server it is not working but on local machine, it is working fine.

Please help me here.

Answer 1

Windows services have a Display name, and a Service name.

1. Fire up services.msc
2. Find your service in the list
3. Right-click and go to Properties
4. Make a note of the Service name
5. Update your PowerShell to use the correct name

In the image below, you can see the Windows Biometric Service would be started by calling

Start-Service -Name 'WbioSrvc'

NOT Start-Service -Name 'Windows Biometric Service'