Deleting Windows Services

In the process of installing MySQL I ran into a few errors leaving me with an added service that didn’t work. So now had to remove it:

In a command prompt (Start > Run > type "cmd", enter), type the following:

sc delete serviceName

Notes:

  • Ensure you use the Service Name, not the Display Name, i.e. in the

    Service Name vs Display Name
  • Ensure the service is stopped
    • Go to Service listing. This can be done in the following ways:
    • Start > Run > type "services.msc", enter

      or
    • Right click "My Computer" (XP) or "Computer" (Vista onwards)

      > Manage > Services and Applications (in left pane) > Services
  • Find the service and stop it
  • This was done on Windows 7 RC, thus item names may differ in XP / Vista

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