Script to Backup Current Start State (Startup Type) of Windows Services

There are hundreds of services that are installed and run in Windows operating system. Before changing the the settings of these services, such as configuration of Startup Type which determine whether Windows will load and start the services on system starts up, it’s best to backup and save the existing start state of all services, which can then be used to quickly restore all services to their original startup state when there is something goes wrong.

Services Start State Backup Script is a Windows command shell bath script that automatically export, save and backup all start state (the setting in Startup Type) of all services installed in Windows, into another new batch command script file with necessary commands to change the Startup Type of services with original value (or current start state value as when the backup script is created). The back up script, when execute and run, can automatically restore all services to their original start state as of when the file is backed up.

Download Services_Start_State_Backup.bat (extract from downloaded Services_Start_State_Backup.zip)

Run the batch script to generate to services start state backup script. The generated back up batch script file will have the name in the form of Services_Day_DD_MM_YYYY_HH_MM.bat to avoid any accidental overwrite when user does multiple export or backup.

As and when the Startup Type state of all services in Windows requires to be restored and reset back to its earlier working state or value, simply run the generated .bat script on the time and date wanted. Note that when restoring, the batch script must be run as administrator in full priority elevation mode.

The script works in most Windows operating system such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

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