Specified service has been marked for deletion

When you uninstall a program, the system might not remove the associated service. The service may be marked for deletion but cannot be removed until you restart the device. The message Specified service has been marked for deletion can occur if another process has an open handle to the service. For example, the services console (services.msc) may have been open during the uninstall.

Solution

To delete a service without rebooting the device, use the sc delete command to delete the service entry from the registry.

sc delete [service name]

For example:

sc delete "Advanced Monitoring Agent"

Use quotation marks only when the service name contains spaces.
  • No spaces: sc delete servicename
  • With spaces: sc delete "servicename with spaces"

After you execute the deletion command, open the services console to confirm the service is removed.

  1. Start > Run.
  2. Type services.msc and press Enter.

For more information about the sc delete command, see the Microsoft documentation.

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