Batch file to restart a service. Windows

Question

How can I restart a windows service using a .bat file? I am on windows server.

Solution

net stop <your service> && net start <your service>

No net restart, unfortunately.

Comments

[vcsjones]

I think you mean only one &.

[vcsjones]

Hm. I didn't know that worked. Brilliant.

[Ry-]

@vcsjones: "Brilliant?" :D It's not really that different... but thanks.

[vcsjones]

To me it is interesting, it short circuits. I never considered that a batch script could do that. The right doesn't execute if the %errorlevel% of the left is none zero. If you use a single &, then both execute regardless of the result of the left.

[Ry-]

@vcsjones: Okay, well I didn't know that :)

[codea]

What is the difference if you put it on two separate lines ?

[Ry-]

@codea: If you put it on two separate lines, if the first one fails, the second one will still go through. (And then it’s also not a one-liner!)

[Predrag Stojadinović]

Why not just: net stop <your service> <newline> net start <your service> ? Just curious as to the meaning of the & there...

[Ry-]

@PredragStojadinović: The && means that if the net stop fails, the net start doesn’t run.

[Predrag Stojadinović]

@minitech: Awesome. Thanks.

[Leonardo Galdioli]

how to handle errors that may happen?