Delete a Windows Service without the EXE

Question

I have a windows service running on a server (that I would rather not reboot if I can).

The EXE for this service is gone (beyond recovery) and I don't have a copy (it was a debugging version that has since been updated).

Is there anyway to remove this service from the services list without the exe that ran it?

Answer 1

Have you tried sc <server> delete [service name] from the command line?

A more comprehensive answer can be found here.

Answer 2

Try:

sc delete servicename

Answer 3

Note that sc delete servicename works, but the servicename is the 'KeyName'.

E.g. For Confluence, you will see "Atlassian Confluence" in the list of services. This is the 'Descriptive' name. To remove it type:

sc GetKeyName "Atlassian Confluence"

In my case this returned Confluence150114140910. So I then typed:

sc delete Confluence150114140910

Answer 4

Use autoruns tool (formerly by sysinternals, now on Microsoft site), it lets you manage services and drivers (their records in registry).

Answer 5

You can also use the register

1. Start > Run > regedit
2. Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
3. Delete the folder of your service.
4. Restart your system.

Answer 6

this works great (need admin cmd )

C:\Windows\system32>sc GetKeyName "SERVER"
[SC] GetServiceKeyName Êxito
Nome = SERVER

C:\Windows\system32>sc delete "SERVER"
[SC] DeleteService Êxito

C:\Windows\system32>sc delete "SERVER 2"
[SC] DeleteService Êxito