Check Service, if stopped prompt to start or take no action

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Hi guys,
I’m creating a little tool and i’m having issues getting it to do what I need. I’d like to for users to use this to check for stopped services. If the services are stopped, then prompt if they want to start…

Here is what i’m working with… May be time to blow it out of the water completely…

I know there is quite a few errors… I can’t even get $services to show properly… If i do not set it to a variable it shows fine…

$credential = XXX
$Server= MyService

do{

    write-host "    1) Check for stopped Services on Servers"  
	
	   $selectedOption = read-host

    switch ($selectedOption)
    {

1{
	Write-Host "Checking for stopped Services...
        "
    $Services = Invoke-Command $Server {Get-WmiObject win32_service -Filter "startmode = 'auto' AND state = 'running' and Name like 'MY%'"} -Credential $credential
         
        if ($Services -ne $null)
            {Clear-host
                $Services
				## So if Services are stopped then Prompt
				#Write-Host "What would you like to do?" 
                #Write-Host "1.) Attempt to start the Stopped Services"
                #Write-Host "2.) Take no Action"
					$UserAction = read-host
                switch ($UserAction)
                {
                    1{ 
                           ForEach ( $svc IN $services) {
                    invoke-command {Start-Service $svc} -credential $credential
                       }
                    }

                    2{
                       Write-Host "No Action Taken"
                        }

            }
            else 
                {
                Clear-host
                Write-Host ("No stopped services found!")
                }
			
}
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Hi Mate,

Nice to meet you. It’s my first reply on this forum.

Why do you want to use invoke-command ? You can directly use
get-wmiobject -computername computer -class win32_service -filter “”

or even easier use

get-service -computername computer | where-object {$.name -like “xx” -and $.starttype -like “automatic”} | select name, status, starttype

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Interesting… I suppose I am always used to it… just how i learned. I’ve had trouble with Get-Service doing that way with my credentials… But I can do it with WMI Object.

Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -Computer $Server -Credential $Credential -Filter "startmode = ‘auto’ AND state != ‘running’ AND DisplayName LIKE ‘%XX%’ "