Is there a shortcut to search in the Windows services list?
Does anyone know, if there is a shortcut to search a service in the Windows services list ?
I tried the Ctrl + F but no way.
Solution 1:
Is a shortcut to search a service in the Windows services list?
There doesn't appear to be one. Here are two workarounds.
Workaround #1 Export the list of Services to a Text File
Export the service list to a text file, and then use CtrlF in your favourite editor.
To export, use one of the following:
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"Action" > "Export List ..."
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Press the "Export List" toolbar button.
Example output (services.txt):
Workaround #2 Use wmic and findstr in a cmd shell.
Open a cmd shell, run wmic service and pipe to findstr.
Example:
> wmic service | findstr -i bonjour
FALSE TRUE Bonjour Service 0 Win32_Service Enables hardware devices and software services to automatically configur
e themselves on the network and advertise their presence.
FALSE Bonjour Service
Normal 0 Bonjour Service "C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe"
1940 0 Own Process TRUE Auto LocalSystem
Running OK Win32_ComputerSystem HAL 0 0
Note that the above is actually a single line of output that is wrapped by the cmd shell.
Further Reading
- An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line - An excellent reference for all things Windows cmd line related.
- findstr - Search for strings in files.
- wmic - Windows Management Instrumentation Command.
Solution 2:
I would just use PowerShell. For example matching on the DisplayName (partial matches work here)
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like "sql*"}
returns a match
Running SQLWriter SQL Server VSS Writer
You can also use -eq (equals) or look at the service name ($_.Name).