Restore Windows 11 Services to Default Startup Type with Batch Script

Britec · Aug 4, 2022

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FreeBooter · Aug 4, 2022

@Britec09, thank you for using my batch script, and special huge thanks for mentioning my YouTube channel.

Keep up the good work!

ecjb1969 · Aug 30, 2024

I came up with a list of services and startup types and put them in a tab-delimited file. My script reads this file from the same directory and name as the script (except that it's a .txt not a .cmd file).

IMPORTANT: The following line should have a TAB in it, not 4 spaces:

Batch:

for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=    " %%a in (%~n0.txt) do (

IMPORTANT TWO: The accompanying text file needs to be TAB-DELIMITED, so if you use this, you'll have to replace four spaces with a TAB (I think).

Script - Win11_Svc_Defaults.cmd

Batch:

@echo off

rem -- Script by Eric Berlin (ECJB1969) <ecjb@ecjb.net> 8/30/2024

rem -- Services list and settings source:
rem -- https://thegeekpage.com/restore-all-windows-services-to-default/

rem -- NOTE:  This text file required some cleanup to be usable in this
rem -- script - there may still be stray spaces and odd characters
rem -- in the data text file.

rem -- NOTE:  This service list and information is targeted to Win11.
rem -- It may or may not work as expected on other versions of Windows.

rem -- The accompanying text file contains the following tab-delimited fields:
rem -- Service name, sc.exe startup type, service short name,
rem -- Services.msc startup type, and Service normally running

rem -- The SC startup types are as follows:
rem -- start= <boot|system|auto|demand|disabled|delayed-auto>
rem -- "boot" and "system" services are not in this list.
rem -- The other startup types correspond to the Services MMC snap-in:
rem -- Automatic|Manual|Disabled|Automatic (Delayed start)

rem -- NOTE:  Some of these services can not be set using sc.exe to configure
rem -- them and will generate errors.  You may wish to capture the ones that
rem -- did not work and open SERVICES.MSC and check them manually.

cls

rem -- Check if admin.
net session 2> nul:
if errorlevel 1 (
    echo This script must be run as an administrator.
    echo You are not running this script with admin privileges.
    pause
    goto :eof
)

pushd "%~dp0"
rem -- Check for accompanying text file in this directory.
if not exist "%~n0.txt" (
    echo This script looks for a tab-delimited text file of the same name in the
    echo current directory.  The file %~n0.txt was not found.
    pause
    goto :eof
)

rem -- Parse the text file and generate SC.exe commands to set the startup type
rem -- and optionally start the service (if not running and it should be).
for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=    " %%a in (%~n0.txt) do (
    rem -- Setting the default startup type for Windows services
    echo Setting %%a / %%c to startup type %%d...
    rem -- Use the short/canonical name with SC.exe.  The long name may not work properly.
    sc config %%c start= %%b
    rem -- If the "Running" field has a value, check if the service is running.
    rem -- If not, attempt to start it.
    if not "%%e" == "" (
        for /f "tokens=1,4" %%m in ('sc query "%%c"') do (
            if /i "%%m" == "State" (
                if /i "%%n" neq "Running" (
                    rem -- If the status does not say running and it should be, start the service.
                    echo Attempting to start service %%a / %%c...
                    sc start %%c
                )
            )
        )
    )
)

echo.
echo All done...
pause
popd

Data file - Win11_Svc_Defaults.txt
IMPORTANT: This should be TAB-DELIMITED, but pasting it here turned tabs into spaces.

Code:

Active-X Installer    demand     AxInstSV    Manual  
Adaptive Brightness    demand    SensrSvc    Manual  
Agent Activation Runtime    demand    AarSvc    Manual  
AllJoyn Router Service    demand    AJrouter    Manual  
App Readiness    demand    AppReadiness    Manual  
Application Experience    demand    AeLookupSvc    Manual    Running
Application Identity    demand    AppIDSvc    Manual  
Application Information    demand    Appinfo    Manual    Running
Application Layer Gateway Service    demand    ALG    Manual  
Application Management    demand    AppMgmt    Manual  
AppX Deployment Service    demand    AppXSCV    Manual  
AssignedAccessManager    demand    AssignedAccessManagerSvc    Manual  
Auto Time Zone Updater    demand    tzautoupdate    Manual  
AVCTP service    demand    BthAvctpSvc    Manual  
Background Intelligent Transfer Service    delayed-auto    BITS    Automatic (Delayed start)    Running
Background Tasks Infrastructure Service    auto    BrokerInfrastructure    Automatic  
Base Filtering Engine    auto    BFE    Automatic    Running
BcastDVRUserService    auto    BcastDVRUserService    Automatic  
BitLocker Drive Encryption Service    demand    BDESVC    Manual  
Block Level Backup Engine Service    demand    wbengine    Manual  
Bluetooth Audio Gateway Service    demand    BTAGService    Manual  
Bluetooth Support Service    demand    bthserv    Manual  
Bluetooth User Support Service    demand    BluetoothUserService_562a9    Manual  
BranchCache    demand    PeerDistSvc    Manual  
Capability Access Manager Service    delayed-auto    camsvc    Automatic (Delayed start)  
CaptureService    demand    CaptureService    Manual  
Cellular Time    demand    autotimesvc    Manual  
Certificate Propagation    demand    CertPropSvc    Manual  
Client License Service (ClipSVC)    demand    ClipSVC    Manual  
Clipboard User Service    demand    cbdhsvc    Manual  
CNG Key Isolation    demand    KeyIso    Manual    Running
COM+ Event System    auto    EventSystem    Automatic    Running
COM+ System Application    demand    COMSysApp    Manual  
Computer Browser    demand    Browser    Manual  
Connected Devices Platform Service    delayed-auto    CDPSvc    Automatic (Delayed start)  
Connected Devices Platform User Service    auto    CDPUserSvc    Automatic    Running
Connected User Experiences and Telemetry    auto    DiagTrack    Automatic  
ConsentUX User Service    demand    ConsentUxUserSvc    Manual  
Contact Data    demand    PimIndexMaintenanceSvc    Manual  
CoreMessaging    auto    CoreMessagingRegistrar    Automatic  
Credential Manager    demand    VaultSvc    Manual  
CredentialEnrollmentManagerUserSvc    demand    CredentialEnrollmentManagerUserSvc    Manual  
Cryptographic Services    auto    CryptSvc    Automatic    Running
Data Sharing Service    demand    DsSvc    Manual  
Data Usage    auto    CryptSvc    Automatic    Running
DCOM Server Process Launcher    auto    DcomLaunch    Automatic    Running
Delivery Optimization    auto    DoSvc    Automatic    Running
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager    auto    UxSms    Automatic    Running
Device Association Service    demand    DeviceAssociationService    Manual  
Device Install Service    demand    DeviceInstall    Manual  
Device Management Enrollment Service    demand    DmEnrollmentSvc    Manual  
Device Management Wireless Application Protocol    demand    dmwappushservice    Manual  
Device Setup Manager    demand    DsmSvc    Manual  
DeviceAssociationBroker    demand    DeviceAssociationBrokerSvc    Manual  
DevicePicker    demand    DevicePickerUserSvc    Manual  
DevicesFlow    demand    DevicesFlowUserSvc    Manual  
DevQuery Background Discovery Broker    demand    DevQueryBroker    Manual  
DHCP Client    auto    Dhcp    Automatic    Running
Diagnostic Execution Service    demand    diagsvc    Manual  
Diagnostic Policy Service    auto    DPS    Automatic    Running
Diagnostic Service Host    demand    WdiServiceHost    Manual    Running
Diagnostic System Host    demand    WdiSystemHost    Manual  
Display Enhancement Service    demand    DisplayEnhancementService    Manual  
Display Policy Service    auto    DispBrokerDesktopSvc    Automatic    Running
Disk Defragmenter    demand    defragsvc    Manual  
Distributed Link Tracking Client    auto    TrkWks    Automatic    Running
Distributed Transaction Coordinator    demand    MSDTC    Manual    Running
DNS Client    auto    Dnscache    Automatic    Running
Downloaded Maps Manager    auto    MapsBroker    Automatic  
EasyAntiCheat    demand    EasyAntiCheat    Manual  
Embedded Mode    demand    embeddedmode    Manual  
Encrypting File System (EFS)    demand    EFS    Manual  
Enterprise App Management Service    demand    EntAppSvc    Manual  
Extensible Authentication Protocol    demand    EapHost    Manual  
Fax    demand    Fax    Manual  
File History Service    demand    fhsvc    Manual  
Function Discovery Provider Host    demand    fdPHost    Manual  
Function Discovery Resource Publication    auto    FDResPub    Automatic    Running
GameDVR and Broadcast User Service    demand    BcastDVRUserService    Manual  
Geolocation Service    demand    lfsvc    Manual  
Google Chrome Elevation Service    demand    GoogleChromeElevationService    Manual  
Google Update Service    delayed-auto    gupdate    Automatic (Delayed start)  
Google Update Service    demand    gupdatem    Manual  
GraphicsPerfSvc    demand    GraphicsPerfSvc    Manual  
Group Policy Client    auto    gpsvc    Automatic    Running
Health Key and Certificate Management    demand    hkmsvc    Manual  
HomeGroup Listener    demand    HomeGroupListener    Manual    Running
HomeGroup Provider    demand    HomeGroupProvider    Manual    Running
Human Interface Device Access    demand    hidserv    Manual  
HV Host Service    demand    HvHost    Manual  
Hyper-V    demand    8 Services    Manual  
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules    auto    IKEEXT    Automatic  
Intel(R) Storage Middleware Service    auto    RstMwService    Automatic  
Interactive Services Detection    demand    UI0Detect    Manual  
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)    demand    SharedAccess    Manual  
IP Helper    auto    iphlpsvc    Automatic    Running
IP Translation Configuration Service    demand    IpxlatCfgSvc    Manual  
IPsec Policy Agent    demand    PolicyAgent    Manual  
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator    demand    KtmRm    Manual  
Language Experience Service    demand    LxpSvc    Manual  
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper    demand    lltdsvc    Manual  
Local Profile Assistant Service    demand    wlpasvc    Manual  
Local Session Manager    auto    LSM    Automatic  
Machine Debug Manager (Visual Studio)    delayed-auto    MDM    Automatic (Delayed start)    Running
Media Center Extender Service    disabled    Mcx2Svc    Disabled  
MessagingService    demand    MessagingService    Manual  
Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant    demand    wlidsvc    Manual    Running
Microsoft App-V Client    disabled    AppVClient    Disabled  
Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service    demand    WdNisSvc    Manual  
Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service    auto    WinDefend    Automatic  
Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service    demand    diagnosticshub.standardcollector.service    Manual  
Microsoft Edge Elevation Service    demand    MicrosoftEdgeElevationService    Manual  
Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate)    auto    edgeupdate    Automatic  
Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdatem)    demand    edgeupdatem    Manual  
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service    demand    MSiSCSI    Manual  
Microsoft Passport    demand    NgcSvc    Manual  
Microsoft Passport Container    demand    NgcCtnrSvc    Manual  
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider    demand    swprv    Manual  
Microsoft Storage Spaces SMP    demand    smphost    Manual  
Microsoft Store Install Service    demand    InstallService    Manual  
Microsoft Windows SMS Router Service    demand    SmsRouter    Manual  
Multimedia Class Scheduler    auto    MMCSS    Automatic    Running
Natural Authentication    demand    NaturalAuthentication    Manual  
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service    disabled    NetTcpPortSharing    Disabled  
Netlogon    demand    Netlogon    Manual  
Network Access Protection Agent    demand    napagent    Manual  
Network Connected Devices Auto-Setup    demand    NcdAutoSetup    Manual  
Network Connection Broker    demand    NcbService    Manual  
Network Connections    demand    Netman    Manual  
Network Connectivity Assistant    demand    NcaSvc    Manual  
Network List Service    demand    netprofm    Manual    Running
Network Location Awareness    auto    NlaSvc    Automatic    Running
Network Setup Service    demand    NetSetupSvc    Manual  
Network Store Interface Service    auto    nsi    Automatic    Running
Offline Files    demand    CscService    Manual  
OpenSSH Authentication Agent    disabled    ssh-agent    Disabled  
Optimize drives    demand    defragsvc    Manual  
Parental Controls    demand    WPCSvc    Manual  
Payments and NFC/SE Manager    demand    SEMgrSvc    Manual  
Peer Name Resolution Protocol    demand    PNRPsvc    Manual  
Peer Networking Grouping    demand    p2psvc    Manual  
Peer Networking Identity Manager    demand    p2pimsvc    Manual    Running
Pen Service    demand    PenService    Manual  
Performance Counter DLL Host    demand    PerfHost    Manual  
Performance Logs & Alerts    demand    pla    Manual  
Phone Service    demand    PhoneSvc    Manual  
Plug and Play    demand    PlugPlay    Manual    Running
PnP-X IP Bus Enumerator    demand    IPBusEnum    Manual  
PNRP Machine Name Publication Service    demand    PNRPAutoReg    Manual  
Portable Device Enumerator Service    demand    WPDBusEnum    Manual    Running
Power    auto    Power    Automatic    Running
Problem Reports Control Panel Support    demand    wercplsupport    Manual  
Program Compatibility Assistant Service    demand    PcaSvc    Manual    Running
Print Spooler    auto    Spooler    Automatic    Running
Printer Extensions and Notifications    demand    PrintNotify    Manual  
PrintWorkflow    demand    PrintWorkflowUserSvc    Manual  
Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support    demand    wercplsupport    Manual  
Program Compatibility Assistant Service    demand    PcaSvc    Manual    Running
Protected Storage    demand    ProtectedStorage    Manual    Running
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience    demand    QWAVE    Manual  
Radio Management Service    demand    RmSvc    Manual  
Recommended Troubleshooting Service    demand    TroubleshootingSvc    Manual    Running
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager    demand    RasAuto    Manual  
Remote Access Connection Manager    demand    RasMan    Manual  
Remote Desktop Configuration    demand    SessionEnv    Manual  
Remote Desktop Services    demand    TermService    Manual  
Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector    demand    UmRdpService    Manual  
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)    auto    RpcSs    Automatic    Running
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator    demand    RpcLocator    Manual  
Remote Registry    demand    RemoteRegistry    Manual  
Retail Demo Service    demand    RetailDemo    Manual  
Routing and Remote Access    disabled    RemoteAccess    Disabled  
RPC Endpoint Mapper    auto    RpcEptMapper    Automatic    Running
Secondary Logon    demand    seclogon    Manual  
Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service    demand    SstpSvc    Manual  
Security Accounts Manager    auto    SamSs    Automatic    Running
Security Center    delayed-auto    wscsvc    Automatic (Delayed start)  
Sensor Data Service    demand    SensorDataService    Manual  
Sensor Monitoring Service    demand    SensrSvc    Manual  
Sensor Service    demand    SensorService    Manual  
Server    auto    LanmanServer    Automatic    Running
Shared PC Account Manager    disabled    shpamsvc    Disabled  
Shell Hardware Detection    auto    ShellHWDetection    Automatic    Running
Smart Card    demand    SCardSvr    Manual  
Smart Card Device Enumeration Service    demand    ScDeviceEnum    Manual  
Smart Card Removal Policy    demand    SCPolicySvc    Manual  
SNMP Trap    demand    SNMPTRAP    Manual  
Software Protection    delayed-auto    sppsvc    Automatic (Delayed start)  
Spatial Data Service    demand    SharedRealitySvc    Manual  
Spot Verifier    demand    svsvc    Manual  
SPP Notification Service    demand    sppuinotify    Manual    Running
SSDP Discovery    demand    SSDPSRV    Manual    Running
State Repository Service    auto    StateRepository    Automatic    Running
Still Image Acquisition Events    demand    WiaRpc    Manual  
Storage Service    auto    StorSvc    Automatic    Running
Storage Tiers Management    demand    TieringEngineService    Manual  
Superfetch    demand    SysMain    Manual    Running
Sync Host    delayed-auto    OneSyncSvc    Automatic (Delayed start)  
SysMain    auto    SysMain    Automatic    Running
System Event Notification Service    auto    SENS    Automatic    Running
System Events Broker    auto    SystemEventsBroker    Automatic    Running
System Guard Runtime Monitor Broker    delayed-auto    SgrmBroker    Automatic (Delayed start)  
Tablet PC Input Service    demand    TabletInputService    Manual  
Task Scheduler    auto    Schedule    Automatic    Running
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper    demand    lmhosts    Manual  
Telephony    demand    TapiSrv    Manual  
Themes    auto    Themes    Automatic    Running
Time Broker    demand    TimeBrokerSvc    Manual    Running
Thread Ordering Server    demand    THREADORDER    Manual  
Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service    demand    TabletInputService    Manual    Running
TPM Base Services    demand    TBS    Manual  
Udk User Service    demand    UdkUserSvcd    Manual  
Update Orchestrator Service    delayed-auto    UsoSvc    Automatic (Delayed start)  
UPnP Device Host    demand    upnphost    Manual  
User Data Access    demand    UserDataSvc    Manual  
User Data Storage    demand    UnistoreSvc    Manual  
User Experience Virtualization Service    disabled    UevAgentService    Disabled  
User Manager    auto    UserManager    Automatic    Running
User Profile Service    auto    ProfSvc    Automatic    Running
Virtual Disk    demand    vds    Manual  
Volume Shadow Copy    demand    VSS    Manual    Running
Volumetric Audio Compositor Service    demand    VacSvc    Manual  
WalletService    demand    WalletService    Manual  
WarpJITSvc    demand    WarpJITSvc    Manual  
Web Account Manager    demand    TokenBroker    Manual    Running
WebClient    demand    WebClient    Manual    Running
Wi-Fi Direct Services Connection Manager Service    demand    WFDSConMgrSvc    Manual  
Windows Audio    auto    AudioSrv    Automatic    Running
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder    auto    AudioEndpointBuilder    Automatic    Running
Windows Backup    auto    SDRSVC    Automatic    Running
Windows Biometric Service    demand    WbioSrvc    Manual    Running
Windows Camera Frame Server    demand    FrameServer    Manual  
Windows CardSpace    demand    idsvc    Manual  
Windows Color System    demand    WcsPlugInService    Manual  
Windows Connect Now Config Registrar    demand    wcncsvc    Manual  
Windows Connection Manager    auto    Wcmsvc    Automatic    Running
Windows Defender    delayed-auto    WinDefend    Automatic (Delayed start)    Running
Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service    demand    Sense    Manual  
Windows Defender Firewall    auto    mpssvc    Automatic    Running
Windows Driver Foundation User-mode Driver Framework    auto    wudfsvc    Automatic    Running
Windows Encryption Provider Host Service    demand    WEPHOSTSVC    Manual  
Windows Error Reporting Service    demand    WerSvc    Manual  
Windows Event Collector    demand    Wecsvc    Manual  
Windows Event Log    auto    EventLog    Automatic    Running
Windows Firewall    auto    MpsSvc    Automatic    Running
Windows Font Cache Service    delayed-auto    FontCache    Automatic (Delayed start)    Running
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)    demand    StiSvc    Manual  
Windows Insider Service    demand    wisvc    Manual  
Windows Installer    demand    msiserver    Manual  
Windows License Manager Service    demand    LicenseManager    Manual  
Windows Management Instrumentation    auto    Winmgmt    Automatic    Running
Windows Management Service    demand    WManSvc    Manual  
Windows Media Center Receiver Service    demand    ehRecvr    Manual  
Windows Media Center Scheduler Service    demand    ehSched    Manual  
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service    demand    WMPNetworkSvc    Manual  
Windows Mixed Reality OpenXR Service    demand    MixedRealityOpenXRSvc    Manual  
Windows Mobile Hotspot Service    demand    icssvc    Manual  
Windows Modules Installer    demand    TrustedInstaller    Manual  
Windows Perception Service    demand    spectrum    Manual  
Windows Perception Simulation Service    demand    perceptionsimulation    Manual  
Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0    demand    FontCache3.0.0.0    Manual  
Windows Push Notifications System Service    auto    WpnService    Automatic    Running
Windows Push Notifications User Service    auto    WpnUserService    Automatic    Running
Windows PushToInstall Service    demand    PushToInstall    Manual  
Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)    demand    WinRM    Manual  
Windows Search    delayed-auto    WSearch    Automatic (Delayed start)    Running
Windows Security Service    demand    SecurityHealthService    Manual    Running
Windows Time    demand    W32Time    Manual  
Windows Update    demand    wuauserv    Manual    Running
Windows Update Medic Service    demand    WaaSMedicSvc    Manual  
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service    demand    WinHttpAutoProxySvc    Manual  
Wired AutoConfig    demand    dot3svc    Manual  
WLAN AutoConfig    demand    Wlansvc    Manual  
WMI Performance Adapter    demand    wmiApSrv    Manual    Running
Work Folders    demand    workfolderssvc    Manual  
Workstation    auto    LanmanWorkstation    Automatic    Running
WWAN AutoConfig    demand    WwanSvc    Manual  
Xbox Accessory Management Service    demand    XboxGipSvc    Manual  
Xbox Live Auth Manager    demand    XblAuthManager    Manual  
Xbox Live Game Save    demand    XblGameSave    Manual  
Xbox Live Networking Service    demand    XboxNetApiSvc    Manual

I also have an Excel spreadsheet of this data, as well as the services that gave "Access denied" when using sc.exe to set the startup type. I figured it would be a good idea to use services.msc and manually check those services. This is why I did not hide the error messages in my script.

Note: I checked for admin privileges, but did not relaunch the script in an attempt to gain them.

Restore Windows 11 Services to Default Startup Type with Batch Script

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