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Chris Bibby

A simple powershell script to Start/Stop a Windows service, the example below can be used to Start/Stop the Tobii Eye Tracker service.

# Name of service to track, can be changed to stop/start any service.
$service = get-service TobiiIS5LEYETRACKER5 

if ($service.Status -eq "Stopped") { 
  $service.start(); 
  Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $service.name "is now Running";
}
elseIf ($service.status -eq "Running") { 
  $service.Stop(); 
  Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $service.name "is now Stopped";
}

How to Run:​

Create a new shortcut and set the target as follows:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File <insert path to script>\start-stop-tobii.ps1