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How to start Terminal Services from command line?

Start Terminal Services from command line by running the command given below.

net start TermService


If the service is already running you will get the message ‘The requested service has already been started.‘

Sometimes you may get an error that the service could not be started.
C:\>net start termservice
The Terminal Services service is starting.
The Terminal Services service could not be started.
The service did not report an error.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.


This happens when Terminal Services is disabled through registry hack. You can fix this by running the below registry change command.

reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server” /v TSEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

You need to reboot the computer for the changes to take effect. After reboot terminal services starts automatically or you can start the service using net start command as mentioned above.

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