WorkingWithProcesses

PowerShell - get Process ID of running service

How to get a Process ID of running service using PowerShell?

Get-WmiObject-Class win32_service |where {$_.Name-eq"Service Name"}

Example below will show a Process ID of “Task Scheduler” service:

Get-WmiObject-Class win32_service |where {$_.Name-eq"Schedule"}
ExitCode : 0
Name : Schedule
ProcessId : 11900
StartMode : Auto
State : Running
Status : OK

Or use more convenient way through Caption property:

Get-WmiObject-Class win32_service |where {$_.Caption-eq"Task Scheduler"}

Want to kill Task Scheduler process? Note that ID (11900) is taken from example above. This example sometimes can be useful with services, which are in Stop Pending state.

Stop-Process11900-Force

Or even simpler without identifying Process ID, single string syntax:

Stop-Process (Get-WmiObject-Class win32_service |where {$_.Name-eq"Schedule"}).ProcessID -Force

List of all running services. Example will select only Name, Caption and ID properties:

Get-WmiObject-Class win32_service |where {$_.State-eq"Running"} | select Name,Caption,ProcessID