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Deleting Existing Services with sc.exe Command

Q

How to use sc.exe command to delete an existing service?

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A
If you want to delete a service created by yourself, or by a third party application, you can use the "delete" commanded offered by the sc.exe tool as shown in this tutorial.

Run sc.exe in a command window and do the following: 

C:\>sc delete CalcService1
[SC] DeleteService SUCCESS

C:\>sc query CalcService1
[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus:OpenService FAILED 1060:
The specified service does not exist as an installed service

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