How to Stop a Stuck Service
January 26, 2024
In this example, we'll use the Cablecast service as an example, but this can be theoretically applied to any Service stuck in starting.
- Open Command Prompt as Admin
- Run the command
sc queryex "Cablecast"
and hit enter
- Look for the PID field and note the number below for the next step. It will be different in your case from the image provided
- Use the PID found in the previous command and execute the following command and replace {pid} with the one you found
taskkill /pid {pid} /f
- You should get the following command that it was successful