Microsoft DOS enable command

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About enable

The enable command is a recovery console command to enable a disabled service or driver.

Availability

The enable command is a recovery console command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.

Windows 2000
Windows XP

Syntax

Enables a Windows system service or driver.

enable servicename [start_type]

servicename Name of the service or driver to be enabled.

start_type How the service or driver is scheduled to be started. Valid start-type values are:

SERVICE_BOOT_START
SERVICE_SYSTEM_START
SERVICE_AUTO_START
SERVICE_DEMAND_START

Enable prints the old start_type of the service before resetting it to the new value. Note the old value, in case it is necessary to restore the start_type of the service. If you do not specify a new start_type, enable prints the old start_type.

Examples

enable <servicename> SERVICE_SYSTEM_START

The above example would enable the auto start service. If you wish to later disable that service, you would want to use the disable command, using the old start_type.

To list the available services and drivers, run the listsvc command.