Question

How do I start a disabled windows service from command line?

NET START “Service” doesn’t work on disabled services

Answer 1

You can use sc.exe utility to enable the service and optionally start it as well.

To enable a service you need to set any start option except disabled:

sc.exe config [ServiceName] start= [option]

start= {boot | system | auto | demand | disabled | delayed-auto}

Specifies the start type for the service.

boot – Specifies a device driver that is loaded by the boot loader.

system – Specifies a device driver that is started during kernel
initialization.

auto – Specifies a service that automatically starts each time the computer is restarted and runs even if no one logs on to the computer.

demand – Specifies a service that must be started manually. This is the default value.

delayed-auto – Specifies a service that starts automatically a short time after other auto services are started.

Then you can manually run it by executing:

sc.exe start [ServiceName]