Get startup type of Windows service using PowerShell

Question

How can I get the Windows service startup type using PowerShell and not using WMI?

I looked inside the Get-Service command, and it does not provide something to disp

Answer 1

Once you've upgraded to PowerShell version 5 you can get the startup type.

To check the version of PowerShell you're running, use $PSVersionTable.

The examples below are for the Windows Firewall Service:

For the local system

Get-Service | Select-Object -Property Name,Status,StartType | where-object {$_.Name -eq "MpsSvc"} | Format-Table -auto

For one remote system

Get-Service -ComputerName HOSTNAME_OF_SYSTEM | Select-Object -Property MachineName,Name,Status,StartType | where-object {$_.Name -eq "MpsSvc"} | Format-Table -auto

For multiple systems (must create the systems.txt)

Get-Service -ComputerName (Get-content c:\systems.txt) | Select-Object -Property MachineName,Name,Status,StartType | where-object {$_.Name -eq "MpsSvc"} | Format-Table -auto