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winutil/functions/private/Set-WinUtilService.ps1
Paweł Gwozdowski 0028e439b5 Cleaned up typos, fixes grammatical errors and other related fixes (#4215)
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Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com>
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Function Set-WinUtilService {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Changes the startup type of the given service
.PARAMETER Name
The name of the service to modify
.PARAMETER StartupType
The startup type to set the service to
.EXAMPLE
Set-WinUtilService -Name "HomeGroupListener" -StartupType "Manual"
#>
param (
$Name,
$StartupType
)
try {
Write-Host "Setting Service $Name to $StartupType"
# Check if the service exists
$service = Get-Service -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
# Service exists, proceed with changing properties -- while handling auto delayed start for PWSH 5
if (($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 7) -and ($StartupType -eq "AutomaticDelayedStart")) {
sc.exe config $Name start=delayed-auto
} else {
$service | Set-Service -StartupType $StartupType -ErrorAction Stop
}
} catch [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceNotFoundException] {
Write-Warning "Service $Name was not found."
} catch {
Write-Warning "Unable to set $Name due to unhandled exception."
Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
}
}