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How to Start, Stop, and Restart a Service

    You must have administrator rights on the client.

    1. Open a command prompt.
    2. Enter RemotelyAnywhere start [-service SERVICE] [-computer MACHINE].
      Option Description
      [-service SERVICE] The name of the service to start, which is RemotelyAnywhere by default.
      [-computer MACHINE] The computer to perform the operation on, which is the Client by default.

      For example, if you want to run the W3SVC service on the computer called KOSSUTH, enter the following command:

      RemotelyAnywhere start -service W3SVC -computer \\KOSSUTH

    3. To stop the service at the end of your session, enter RemotelyAnywhere stop [-service SERVICE] [-computer MACHINE].
    Results: To restart the client, enter RemotelyAnywhere restart [-computer MACHINE].
    Article last updated: 27 September, 2022