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Asked: 2026-05-31T10:59:47+00:00

If I do a $services = Get-Service $services.length I get 126 services. But if

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If I do a 

$services = Get-Service
$services.length

I get 126 services. But if I specify one service

$services = Get-Service -Name vds
$services.length

I get nothing. This messes up loops I do in my script. How do I return the correct number from .length even though the length is 1 ?

With normal strings this is easy, I just specify as array:

$myarray = ,"one","two","three"
$myarray.length

would return 3, and 

$myarray = ,"one"
$myarray.length

would return 1..

How do I get the correct length returned?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The reason you get nothing is because $services is no longer an array when you request 1 service by name. You’ll likely have to create the array and assign the service to element 0.

    This works for me…

    $services = @(Get-Service -Name vds)
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