{"id":11410,"date":"2022-08-06T22:14:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T05:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=11410"},"modified":"2022-08-06T22:14:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T05:14:32","slug":"how-to-restart-service-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows-services\/how-to-restart-service-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restart a Windows Service Every Day (or Week)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-lazy-load\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/restart-windows-service-150x150-2.png\" title=\"How to Restart a Windows Service Every Day (or Week)\" alt=\"How to Restart a Windows Service Every Day (or Week)\" border=\"0\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:24px\">\nThe easiest way to restart your Windows Service is with our <a href=\"\/products\/ServiceScheduler\">Service Scheduler<\/a> tool.\n<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <b>completely free<\/b>, super simple to use and you can <b>schedule your service in less than a minute<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, here&#8217;s how to restart the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/networking\/windows-time-service\/windows-time-service-top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows Time service<\/a> every day at midnight:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/products\/ServiceScheduler\/ServiceScheduler.exe\">Download Service Scheduler<\/a>. Save the executable file on your desktop, or to a well-known folder on your computer.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\nDouble-click the <b>ServiceScheduler.exe<\/b> file to launch the program. If necessary, confirm the standard <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User_Account_Control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">User Account Control (UAC)<\/a> security prompt.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Choose <b>Service Task &gt; New<\/b> from the menu (or click the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/products\/ServiceScheduler\/add-task-button.webp\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/> button):<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-new-service-task.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Service Scheduler: New Service Task\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-new-service-task.png\" class=\"image-padding\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Service Scheduler: New Service Task\" title=\"Service Scheduler: New Service Task\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In the <b>Add Service Task<\/b> window:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>\n<p>Choose <b>Restart<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>From the list of services, select <b>Windows Time (W32Time)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Choose <b>Every<\/b> and <b>Day<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>And finally, set <b>12:00 AM<\/b> in the time control:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-restart-windows-time-daily.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Restart W32Time daily at midnight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-restart-windows-time-daily.png\" class=\"image-padding\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Restart W32Time daily at midnight\" title=\"Restart W32Time daily at midnight\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <b>Save<\/b> button. A new entry to restart the Windows Time service will appear in the list:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-restart-w32time-setup.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Service task created\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-restart-w32time-setup.png\" class=\"image-padding\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Service task created\" title=\"Service task created\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it! Going forward, the Windows Time service will restart every day at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Note that it&#8217;s just as easy to set up a weekly or monthly restart. Simply choose the appropriate day when configuring your service:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-add-weekly-task.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Service Scheduler: Restart weekly or monthly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/service-scheduler-add-weekly-task.png\" class=\"image-padding\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Service Scheduler: Restart weekly or monthly\" title=\"Service Scheduler: Restart weekly or monthly\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-top:24px\">Enjoy!<\/p>\n<!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-wrapper\"><!-- filter-class --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-container\"><style>.relpost-block-single-image, .relpost-post-image { margin-bottom: 10px; }<\/style><h3>You may also like...<\/h3><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><!-- relpost-block-container --><div class=\"relpost-block-container relpost-block-column-layout\" style=\"--relposth-columns: 3;--relposth-columns_t: 2; --relposth-columns_m: 2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows-services\/gui-applications-as-windows-services\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"relpost-block-single-image\" alt=\"How to Run Your GUI Applications as Windows Services (Without Breaking Them)\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/run-gui-applications-windows-services-150x150-1.webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1\/1\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1\/1\"><\/img><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 75px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 12px;  color: #333333;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">How to Run Your GUI Applications as Windows Services (Without Breaking Them)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows-services\/memory-fix-june-2020-patch\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"relpost-block-single-image\" alt=\"Windows Services Memory Fix (Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday)\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/software-bug-150x150-1.png\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1\/1\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1\/1\"><\/img><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 75px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 12px;  color: #333333;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">Windows Services Memory Fix (Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows-services\/how-to-export-services\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"relpost-block-single-image\" alt=\"How to Export the List of Windows Services on Your Computer\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/export-services-150x150-1.png\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1\/1\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1\/1\"><\/img><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 75px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 12px;  color: #333333;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">How to Export the List of Windows Services on Your Computer<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><!-- close relpost-block-container --><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><\/div><!-- close filter class --><\/div><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The easiest way to restart your Windows Service is with our Service Scheduler tool. It&#8217;s completely free, super simple to use and you can schedule your service in less than a minute. For example, here&#8217;s how to restart the Windows &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows-services\/how-to-restart-service-daily\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[292,196,293],"class_list":["post-11410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows-services","tag-service-scheduler","tag-windows-services-2","tag-windows-time-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11410"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11424,"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11410\/revisions\/11424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}