NAME
    New-Service

SYNOPSIS
    Creates a new Windows service.

SYNTAX
    New-Service [-Name] <string> [-BinaryPathName] <string> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-DependsOn <string[]>] [-Description <string>] [-DisplayName <string>] [-StartupType {Automatic | Manual | Disabled}] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION
    The New-Service cmdlet creates a new entry for a Windows service in the Registry and in the service database. A new service requires an executable file that executes during the service.

    The parameters of this cmdlet let you set the display name, description, startup type, and dependencies of the service.

PARAMETERS
    -BinaryPathName <string>
        Specifies the path to the executable file for the service. This parameter is required.

        Required?                    true
        Position?                    2
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -Credential <PSCredential>
        Specifies a user account that has permission to perform this action. Type a user name, such as “User01” or “Domain01\User01”. Or, enter a PSCredential object, such as one from the Get-Credential cmdlet. If you type a user name, you will be prompted for a password.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -DependsOn <string[]>
        Specifies the names of other services upon which the new service depends. To enter multiple service names, use a comma to separate the names.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                None
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -Description <string>
        Specifies a description of the service.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -DisplayName <string>
        Specifies a display name for the service.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -Name <string>
        Specifies the name of the service. This parameter is required.

        Required?                    true
        Position?                    1
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -StartupType <ServiceStartMode>
        Sets the startup type of the service. “Automatic” is the default.

        Valid values are:

        — Manual:     The service is started only manually, by a user (using the Service Control Manager) or by an application.

        — Automatic: The service is to be started (or was started) by the operating system, at system start-up. If an automatically started service depends on a manually started service, the manually started service is also started automatically at system startup.

        — Disabled: The service is disabled and cannot be started by a user or application.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                Automatic
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
        Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
        Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    <CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
        “Get-Help about_CommonParameters“.

INPUTS
    None
        You cannot pipe input to this cmdlet.

OUTPUTS
    System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController
        New-Service returns an object that represents the new service.

NOTES

        To run this cmdlet on Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, start Windows PowerShell with the “Run as administrator” option.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–

    C:\PS>New-Service -Name TestService -BinaryPathName “C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs”

    Description
    ———–
    This command creates a new service named “TestService”.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 2 ————————–

    C:\PS>New-Service -Name TestService -path “C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs” -DependsOn NetLogon -DisplayName “Test Service” -StartupType Manual -Description “This is a test service.”

    Description
    ———–
    This command creates a new service named “TestService”. It uses the parameters of the New-Service cmdlet to specify a description, startup type, and display name for the new service.

    To specify the BinaryPathName parameter, the command uses the Path parameter Alias. You can also use “-bpn”.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 3 ————————–

    C:\PS>Get-WmiObject win32_service -filter “name=’testservice'”

    ExitCode : 0
    Name     : testservice
    ProcessId : 0
    StartMode : Auto
    State     : Stopped
    Status    : OK

    Description
    ———–
    This command uses the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to get the Win32_Service object for the new service. This object includes the start mode and the service description.

RELATED LINKS
    Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113359
    Get-Service
    Start-Service
    Stop-Service
    Restart-Service
    Resume-Service
    Set-Service
    Suspend-Service