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How To Force Stop A Service



If you have a service that is not responding or you are unable to stop the service, Use the following steps to force stop a service.

  • Click the Start menu
  • Click Run or in the search bar type services.msc , press Enter
  • Look for the service, right click and select properties and identify service name

  • service properties
  • Open a command prompt and run as administrator
  • Type sc queryex servicename and press Enter 

  • service properties
  • Identify the PID
  • Command prompt, Type taskkill /pid [pid number] /f and press Enter

  • service properties

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