How to check if a service is running via batch file and start it, if it is not running?

Question

I want to write a batch file that performs the following operations:

• Check if a service is running
  • If is it running, quit the batch
  • If

Answer 1

I also wanted an email sent if the service was started this way so added a bit to @Ic code just thought I would post it in case it helped anyone. I used SendMail but there are other command line options How to send a simple email from a Windows batch file?

set service=MyServiceName

for /F "tokens=3 delims=: " %%H in ('sc query %service% ^| findstr "        STATE"') do (
  if /I "%%H" NEQ "RUNNING" (

    net start %service%

    for /F "tokens=3 delims=: " %%H in ('sc query %service% ^| findstr "        STATE"') do (
      if /I "%%H" EQ "RUNNING" (
        SendMail /smtpserver localhost /to me@mydomain.com /from watchdog@mydomain.com /subject Service Autostart Notification /body Autostart on service %service% succeded.
      ) else (
        SendMail /smtpserver localhost /to me@mydomain.com /from watchdog@mydomain.com /subject Service Autostart Notification /body Autostart on service %service% failed.
      )
    )

  )
)