Solve “The specified service has been marked for deletion” error via bat

Question

I need to ensure that a particular service is always running on the computer. To do this, I use a bat with the command

sc start "servicename"

However, if the service has been marked for deletion, I get the above error. So, what is the proper way to solve this situation via bat?

Answer 1

• Kill any .exe process associated with the service
• Adding this before SC command most probably, this will resolve the problem

taskkill /F /IM mmc.exe

If this issue still not fixed, just restart the PC and try again. I had the same problem, and got resolved.