Check a Windows Service, if it’s not running, start it via batch script

Following a system restart, an overnight shutdown or a system update, some Windows services don’t always come up successfully. This script runs via Windows Task Scheduler and accepts one or more service names.

Log files are produced when a service is found to not be running (updated 16/05)

If the service isn’t running, it attempts to start it – and produces a log file to capture the incident.

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