Export list of Running, Stopped, Disabled Services in Windows 11

Windows has tons of Services running in the background, and while they are available in the Services Snap-in, if you want to extract the list of Running, Stopped, and Disabled Services in Windows 11 or Windows 10, then follow this post for easy steps.

Export list of Running, Stopped, Disabled Services in Windows 11/10

In this post, we will take a look at the standard approach to exporting the list of services that any Windows user can execute. In the end, we will share how one can export the Windows Services list using the command line tools. Following are the methods we are going to discuss:

Services Snap-in
ServiWin tool
Command Prompt and PowerShell

The first two are the easy way out, as they are software, but the last one is for those who are comfortable with the command line and do not want to install any additional software.

Let us have a detailed look at the methods.

1] Using Services Snap-in

Open the Run Prompt (Win +R) and type Services.msc, and then press the Enter key. It will open the Services snap-in, which displays a list of services along with the description, Status, and Startup type. You can use this console to start, stop, and disable any service in Windows 11/10.

Once here, you can click on the Action menu and then on Export List. It will then prompt you to save the file in CSV format with a name of your choice. You can then open the file in Excel or Google Docs and sort it according to any of the fields. This is how the exported list of Services looks.

2] Using ServiWin tool

Nirsoft offers a lot of utility software, one of which is ServiWin. It’s a portable application that displays a list of installed drivers and services on your computer. It also allows you to manage the services from its interface and then save the list of services and drivers to file or view the HTML report of installed services/drivers in any browser.

The advantage of generating a services list using ServiWin is that the report is presentable and better than the above method. If you need to send the list to tech support or anybody who can understand, this is a better choice. Another advantage of using the software is extracting the list of drivers installed on the computer.

3] Command Prompt and PowerShell

Below are two commands that you can execute in the Command Prompt and PowerShell to list all Windows Services, respectively.

sc query type= service > "%userprofile%\Desktop\ServicesList.txt"

Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"} | Out-File -filepath "$Env:userprofile\Desktop\ServicesList.txt"

Both of these will export the services as a TXT file, which can be analyzed later.

I hope the post was helpful.

Read: How to get a list of all Device Drivers using Command Prompt.

How to get list of services running on Windows?

To get a list of services running on your Windows 11/10 PC, you may use the Services Management Console, Task Manager, or Command Line. Press Win + R, type services.msc in the Run dialogue and press Enter. The list of all services will appear in the Services window. The Status column indicates whether a service is running or has stopped. Alternatively, type sc query in an elevated Command Prompt or open Task Manager and see the list of services under the Services tab.

How to get all stopped services in PowerShell?

To see a list of all services that are currently stopped on your Windows 11/10 PC using PowerShell, open PowerShell with administrative privileges and execute the following command in it: Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Status -eq 'Stopped' }. The Get-Service cmdlet retrieves a list of all services on your system and Where-Object { $_.Status -eq 'Stopped' } filters the list to include only those entries where the Status property equals ‘Stopped’.