Pipe "y" into net stop on windows

windows command-line batch cmd.exe

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There is a ~~undocumented~~ parameter that works with net commands, /y or /yes which bypasses the prompt. So in your case it would be:

net stop WAS /y

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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Tomáš Zato - Reinstate Monica over 1 year

I want to stop a service without being prompted. This is what I tried:

C:\>echo y|net stop WAS
The following services are dependent on the Windows Process Activation Service service.
Stopping the Windows Process Activation Service service will also stop these services.

   World Wide Web Publishing Service

Do you want to continue this operation? (Y/N) [N]:
No valid response was provided.

I want to do this within batch job.

DukeSilversJazz over 6 years

What about trying: net stop WAS /y

imtheman over 6 years

Ah thanks! I didn't see that. I updated my answer.
Tomáš Zato - Reinstate Monica over 6 years

Thanks. But do you have any idea why pipe did not work?