set-service

Stopping a service

It is possible to stop a service by assigning the stopped status to the service:

PS C:\> set-service MySQL80 -status stopped

However, if a service has dependent services, such as MSSQLSERVER, an error is thrown:

PS C:\> set-service MSSQLSERVER -status stopped
set-service : Cannot stop service 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) (MSSQLSERVER)' because it has dependent services.
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Such service can be stopped with the better suited cmdLet stop-service:

PS C:\> stop-service MSSQLSERVER

set-service

Stopping a service

See also