service_name=r'xxxxxx' # Give the exact service name import ctypes class disable_file_system_redirection: _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection def __enter__(self): self.old_value = ctypes.c_long() self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value)) def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): if self.success: self._revert(self.old_value) import os with disable_file_system_redirection(): print os.popen("sc config "+service_name+" start=auto").read() y=os.popen("wmic service "+service_name+" get state").read() if "Stopped" in y: try: print 'The service '+service_name+' was already in stopped state' print 'So starting the '+service_name+ 'service ........' x=os.popen('net start '+service_name).read() print 'The Service '+service_name+' has been successfully started' except Exception as err: print "Unable to start the Service" +service_name+'due to below error' print err else: print "The service "+service_name+' was already in running state'