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Version: 4.0

Get-ADTServiceStartMode

SYNOPSIS​

Retrieves the startup mode of a specified service.

SYNTAX​

Get-ADTServiceStartMode [-Service] <ServiceController> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION​

Retrieves the startup mode of a specified service. This function checks the service's start type and adjusts the result if the service is set to 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'.

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

Get-ADTServiceStartMode -Service (Get-Service -Name 'wuauserv')

Retrieves the startup mode of the 'wuauserv' service.

PARAMETERS​

-Service​

Specify the service object to retrieve the startup mode for.

Type: ServiceController
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters​

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS​

None​

You cannot pipe objects to this function.​

OUTPUTS​

System.String​

Returns the startup mode of the specified service.​

NOTES​

An active ADT session is NOT required to use this function.

Tags: psadt
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