{"id":743,"date":"2008-10-20T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2024-05-17T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T08:27:18","slug":"backup-windows-services-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/backup-windows-services-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup Windows 10\/11 Services Startup Type Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After doing a fresh install of Windows, disabling unused Windows Services is one of the time-consuming tasks you perform. Once configured, you can back up the service startup state using a Script so that it can be used for subsequent installations or if you need to automate the task on several computers.<\/p>\n<p>Services state backups can also help when you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/clean-boot-windows-autoruns\/\">troubleshoot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-backup-failed-exclusive-lock-efi-partition-avast\/\">Windows services<\/a> and want to quickly roll back the changes you made.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-unwanted-service\/\">Delete a Service in Windows Using Command-line, Regedit, or Autoruns<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Backup Services Configuration (Startup Type) in Windows<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a Windows Services startup configuration backup VBScript.\u00a0 The script backs up the startup state of all Services by outputting the services configuration into two file formats &#8212; <code>.reg<\/code> (registration entries) and <code>.bat<\/code> (Windows Batch file) for you to restore the services configuration later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\nBack up the Windows Services startup configuration \u00b7 GitHub:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/winhelponline\/1c1acec1bbbc185eae5c23e8340c8966#file-services_startup_config_backup-vbs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gist.github.com\/winhelponline\/1c1acec1bbbc185eae5c23e8340c8966#file-services_startup_config_backup-vbs<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src='https:\/\/gist.github.com\/1c1acec1bbbc185eae5c23e8340c8966.js'><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<pre><code>\n'Description: This script backs up the Windows Services startup configuration to Batch & REG files.\n'For Windows 10\/11, Windows Server 2016\n'\u00a9 2016-2022  Ramesh Srinivasan\n'Website: https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/\n'Created: 2016\n'Revised: July 30, 2022\n\nOption Explicit\nIf WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then\n   Dim objShell : Set objShell = CreateObject(\"Shell.Application\")\n   objShell.ShellExecute \"wscript.exe\", Chr(34) & _\n   WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & \" uac\", \"\", \"runas\", 1\nElse\n   Dim WshShell, objFSO, objFile, sNow, iSvcType, iStartupType, iSvcCnt, iPerUserSvcCnt\n   Dim sREGFile, sBATFile, r, b, objWMIService, colListOfServices, objService, sSvcKey\n   Dim sStartState, sSvcName, sSkippedSvc\n   Set WshShell = CreateObject(\"Wscript.Shell\")\n   Set objFSO = Wscript.CreateObject(\"Scripting.FilesystemObject\")\n   Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(WScript.ScriptFullName)\n   \n   'Set files names for REG and Batch files\n   sNow = Year(Date) & Right(\"0\" & Month(Date), 2) & Right(\"0\" & Day(Date), 2)\n   sREGFile = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(objFile) & \"\\svc_curr_state_\" & sNow & \".reg\"\n   sBATFile = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(objFile) & \"\\svc_curr_state_\" & sNow & \".bat\"\n   sSvcKey = \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\\"\n   \n   Set r = objFSO.CreateTextFile (sREGFile, True)\n   r.WriteLine \"Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\"\n   r.WriteBlankLines 1\n   r.WriteLine \";Services Startup Configuration Backup \" & Now\n   r.WriteBlankLines 1\n   \n   Set b = objFSO.CreateTextFile (sBATFile, True)\n   b.WriteLine \"@echo Restore Service Startup State saved at \" & Now\n   b.WriteBlankLines 1\n   \n   iSvcCnt=0\n   iPerUserSvcCnt=0\n   \n   Set objWMIService = GetObject(\"winmgmts:\" _\n   & \"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\\\\" & \".\" & \"\\root\\cimv2\")\n   \n   Set colListOfServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery (\"Select * from Win32_Service\")\n   \n   For Each objService In colListOfServices\n      iSvcCnt=iSvcCnt + 1\n      sStartState = lcase(objService.StartMode)\n      sSvcName = objService.Name\n      \n      'Check if it's a per-user service. The service type will be \"Unknown\"\n      If objService.ServiceType = \"Unknown\" Then\n         'Get the corresponding Template Service's name from the Per-user service name\n         Dim sSvcTemplateName\n         sSvcTemplateName = Split(sSvcName, \"_\")\n         \n         On Error Resume Next\n         iSvcType = WshShell.RegRead (sSvcKey & sSvcTemplateName(0) & \"\\Type\")\n         On Error GoTo 0\n         If Err.number = 0 Then\n            'Template service will be of type 96 or 80.\n            If iSvcType = \"96\" Or iSvcType = \"80\" Then\n               'It's a Per-user service\n               iPerUserSvcCnt = iPerUserSvcCnt + 1\n               sSvcName = sSvcTemplateName(0)\n            End If\n         End If\n      End If\n      \n      r.WriteLine \"[\" & sSvcKey & sSvcName & \"]\"\n      \n      'If the service name contains spaces, enclose it in double quotes\n      If InStr(sSvcName, \" \") > 0  Then\n         sSvcName = \"\"\"\" & sSvcName & \"\"\"\"\n      End If\n      \n      Select Case sStartState\n         Case \"boot\"\n         \n         r.WriteLine chr(34) & \"Start\" & Chr(34) & \"=dword:00000000\"\n         b.WriteLine \"sc.exe config \" & sSvcName & \" start= boot\"\n         \n         Case \"system\"\n         r.WriteLine chr(34) & \"Start\" & Chr(34) & \"=dword:00000001\"\n         b.WriteLine \"sc.exe config \" & sSvcName & \" start= system\"\n         \n         Case \"auto\"\n         'Check if it's Automatic (Delayed start)\n         r.WriteLine chr(34) & \"Start\" & Chr(34) & \"=dword:00000002\"\n         If objService.DelayedAutoStart = True Then\n            r.WriteLine chr(34) & \"DelayedAutostart\" & Chr(34) & \"=dword:00000001\"\n            b.WriteLine \"sc.exe config \" & sSvcName & \" start= delayed-auto\"\n         Else\n            r.WriteLine chr(34) & \"DelayedAutostart\" & Chr(34) & \"=-\"\n            b.WriteLine \"sc.exe config \" & sSvcName & \" start= auto\"\n         End If\n         \n         Case \"manual\"\n         \n         r.WriteLine chr(34) & \"Start\" & Chr(34) & \"=dword:00000003\"\n         b.WriteLine \"sc.exe config \" & sSvcName & \" start= demand\"\n         \n         Case \"disabled\"\n         \n         r.WriteLine chr(34) & \"Start\" & Chr(34) & \"=dword:00000004\"\n         b.WriteLine \"sc.exe config \" & sSvcName & \" start= disabled\"\n         \n         Case \"unknown\" sSkippedSvc = sSkippedSvc & vbcrlf & sSvcName\n         \n         'Case Else\n      End Select\n      r.WriteBlankLines 1      \n   Next\n   \n   If trim(sSkippedSvc) <> \"\" Then\n      WScript.Echo iSvcCnt & \"  - Total # of Services.\" & _\n      \"(including \" & iPerUserSvcCnt & \" Per-user Services)\" & _\n      vbCrLf & vbCrLf & \"The following services could not be backed up:\" & _\n      vbcrlf & vbCrLf & sSkippedSvc\n   Else\n      WScript.Echo iSvcCnt & \" Services found \" & _\n      \"(including \" & iPerUserSvcCnt & \" Per-user Services)\" & _\n      \" and their startup configuration has been backed up.\"\n   End If\n   \n   r.Close\n   b.WriteLine \"@pause\"\n   b.Close\n   'WshShell.Run \"notepad.exe \" & sREGFile\n   'WshShell.Run \"notepad.exe \" & sBATFile\n   Set objFSO = Nothing\n   Set WshShell = Nothing\nEnd If\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>How to Use the VBScript?<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Copy the script code to Notepad<\/li>\n<li>Save the file with .vbs extension &#8212; e.g., <code>services_startup_config_backup.vbs<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Double-click to run the script.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The script relaunches itself as administrator (elevated) and queries the list of Windows services and their startup type configuration. The results are written to <code>.reg<\/code> and <code>.bat<\/code> files for later restoration. The two files are created in the same folder as the script.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/service_backup_msg.png\" alt=\"backup services script message box\" width=\"394\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The output files will have the prefix <strong>svc_curr_state<\/strong>_ and then followed by the current date in yyyymmdd format &#8212; e.g., <code>svc_curr_state_20190706.reg<\/code> &amp; <code>svc_curr_state_20190706.bat<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/backup-services-startup-configuration-script.png\" alt=\"backup and restore windows services startup type configuration\" width=\"701\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> The script also takes into consideration whether a service is configured for a delayed start or not. For services with an Automatic (delayed start) startup type, an additional registry value named <code>DelayedAutoStart<\/code> is used. If DelayedAutoStart is set to 1 and the Start value is set to 2 (Automatic), then the service will be configured as <strong>Automatic (delayed start)<\/strong>.\u00a0And the Batch file will have the <code>delayed-auto<\/code> as the startup mode for those services.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/automatically-backup-registry-hives-windows-10\/\">How to Completely Backup the Registry Automatically in Windows 10<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Restoring the Services Startup type configuration<\/h2>\n<p>To restore the services startup type configuration from the backup, choose one of the two formats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/information-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9189\" \/><em>Please use Windows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/start-windows-11-or-10-safe-mode\/\">Safe mode<\/a> to restore the services startup configuration from .reg or Batch file. Safe mode is <strong>highly recommended<\/strong> for this task.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>.reg file<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you use the .reg file to restore the service startup preferences, you&#8217;ll need to restart Windows after applying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-use-reg-files-registration-entries-windows\/\">.reg file<\/a> for the services configuration to refresh. This is the preferred method, though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>.bat file<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Batch file contains <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/previous-versions\/windows\/it-pro\/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012\/cc754599(v=ws.11)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">SC<\/a> commands that will change the startup configuration of the services in real time. You don&#8217;t require a restart if using the method. Make sure you run the Batch file from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-windows\/\">admin Command Prompt<\/a> window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/restore-services-bat-file.png\" alt=\"backup and restore windows services startup type configuration\" width=\"699\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-10-default-services-configuration\/\">Windows 10 Default Services Configuration<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Error 5 when restoring Services configuration from Batch file?<\/h3>\n<p>For some services, you may encounter errors like <strong>[SC] ChangeServiceConfig FAILED 5:<\/strong> or similar. This can be due to tightened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/task-scheduler-service-grayed-out-windows\/\">service permissions<\/a> or security descriptors which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-update-service-properties-are-grayed-out-in-services-mmc\/\">lock down services<\/a>, or your antivirus program may be blocking it. In that case, launch a Command Prompt window under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-program-as-system-localsystem-account-windows\/\">LOCAL SYSTEM account<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-program-as-trustedinstaller-locked-registry-keys-files\/\">TrustedInstaller<\/a> and run the Batch file.<\/p>\n<p>If your antivirus program is stopping you from modifying certain services, you can attempt to run the file from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/start-windows-11-or-10-safe-mode\/\">Safe Mode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Per-user services<\/h3>\n<p>The Services MMC in Windows 10 and 11, shows you many services whose names have an underscore (<code>_<\/code>) and are followed by some numbers. These numbers (suffixes) represent the login session&#8217;s unique identifier (LUID) that doesn&#8217;t match with that of other computers. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AarSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>BcastDVRUserService_8561415<\/li>\n<li>BluetoothUserService_8561415<\/li>\n<li>CaptureService_8561415<\/li>\n<li>cbdhsvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>CDPUserSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>ConsentUxUserSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>CredentialEnrollmentManagerUserSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>DeviceAssociationBrokerSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>DevicePickerUserSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>DevicesFlowUserSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>LxssManagerUser_8561415<\/li>\n<li>MessagingService_8561415<\/li>\n<li>OneSyncSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>PimIndexMaintenanceSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>PrintWorkflowUserSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>UnistoreSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>UserDataSvc_8561415<\/li>\n<li>WpnUserService_8561415<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a user tries to modify the above per-user services configuration using the SC.exe command, it causes the error <strong><code>ChangeServiceConfig FAILED 87: The parameter is incorrect<\/code><\/strong>. And, the LUID suffix <code>8561415<\/code> in the above service names won&#8217;t be the same on other computers. For more information on Per-user services, see the Microsoft article <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/application-management\/per-user-services-in-windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Per-user services in Windows 10\/11 and Windows Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The script aptly backs up the service templates instead of the per-user services. For instance, the per-user service &#8220;<code>WpnUserService_8561415<\/code>&#8221; borrows the configuration from its template service &#8220;<code>WpnUserService<\/code>&#8220;. Similarly, <code>OneSyncSvc_8561415<\/code> &#8216;s template service is <code>OneSyncSvc<\/code>, and so on. <strong>Backing up the template service configuration is the correct way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>For older versions of Windows<\/h3>\n<p>For Windows versions earlier than Windows 10 (Windows Vista through Windows 8.1), use the script <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/services_conf_backup.zip\">services_conf_backup.zip<\/a>. Note that the older script doesn&#8217;t support the Automatic (delayed start) start type &#8212; because of a WMI limitation. It treats <strong>Automatic<\/strong> and <strong>Automatic (delayed start)<\/strong> as the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After doing a fresh install of Windows, disabling unused Windows Services is one of the time-consuming tasks you perform. Once configured, you can back up the service startup state using a Script so that it can be used for subsequent installations or if you need to automate the task on several computers. Services state backups &#8230; <a title=\"Backup Windows 10\/11 Services Startup Type Configuration\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/backup-windows-services-configuration\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Backup Windows 10\/11 Services Startup Type Configuration\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[441,480,490],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows","tag-registry","tag-scripts","tag-services"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/msconfig-disable-services-non-microsoft.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10209,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/service-startup-automatic-vs-automatic-delayed-start\/","url_meta":{"origin":743,"position":0},"title":"Automatic vs Automatic (Delayed start) Service Startup types","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Services console (services.msc) in Windows lets you configure the startup type of Windows Services. As you know, you can choose one of the options from the dropdown: Automatic (Delayed Start), Automatic, Manual, or Disabled. But, do you know what's the difference between Automatic and Automatic (Delayed Start). 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(0x80042308) Please try again. Also, the same error code appears when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"System Restore Error 0x80042308 \u201cObject could not be found\u201d","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/system-restore-80042308-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1111,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-7-services-default-startup-type\/","url_meta":{"origin":743,"position":2},"title":"Windows 7 Services Default Configuration Startup Type and Log On Account","author":"Ramesh","date":"December 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Did you tweak the Services configuration incorrectly, resulting in a system slowdown or leading to other catastrophe? And you don't remember the original configuration to revert back? You may find the Windows 7 default Services configuration table below useful.Note that some of these services may not be found in your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 7&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 7","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-7\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29317,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/something-happened-pin-not-available-diagnostic-mode\/","url_meta":{"origin":743,"position":3},"title":"Error &#8220;Something happened and your PIN isn&#8217;t available&#8221; in Diagnostic Startup","author":"Ramesh","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The System Configuration utility (msconfig.exe) has a mode called \"Diagnostic startup, \" which starts Windows with minimal drivers and services. Over 200 services are disabled in that mode. After enabling the Diagnostic Startup mode in the System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) and rebooting, you may be unable to sign in to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"msconfig - switch to \"normal startup\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/msconfig-normal-startup.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/msconfig-normal-startup.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/msconfig-normal-startup.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20074,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/automatic-trigger-start-manual-services-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":743,"position":4},"title":"Automatic (Trigger Start) and Manual (Trigger Start) Differences","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Services MMC shows the service names, their current status, and startup type. 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