Question:
I tried to stop the running windows service, but then, after I click "Stop", it stuck in "stopping" since then. What should I do to start the service again? I can't click any buttons as it was all disabled. Please help me.
Answer:
Please follow below steps.
1. Right click the stuck services and click on Properties. Copy the service name.
2. Open command prompt and run as administrator (Go to start > type in "cmd" > right click > Run as administrator). Write below command. Use double quotes ("") to handle service name that has spaces.
sc queryex <<ServiceName>>
sc queryex "PrintWorkflowUserSvc_465925a4" //example for ServiceName without spaces
sc queryex "Print Spooler" //example for ServiceName with spaces
3. Take note on the PID number (in this case 14440). Write below command to kill the stuck services.
taskkill /f /pid <<PID>>
taskkill /f /pid 14440
Note: It will also work if the services stuck at "starting".