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Delete Windows Service from command-line
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delete-win32-service.bat
sc delete <name-of-service>
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delete-win32-service.ps1
# No cmdlet exists like Remove-Service or Uninstall-Service
# so the Get-WmiObject needs to be used to get the service
# and delete it
Stop-Service -Name <name-of-service>
$service = Get-WmiObject -Query "select * from win32_process where name='<name-of-service>'"
$service.delete()
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