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Updated on 2025-03-10

Powershell tips to save service information

If you need to save a PS command result to disk and move it to other computers, here is a simple way:

Copy the codeThe code is as follows:

$Path = "$env:temp\"
 
Get-Service |
  Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ComputerName -Value $env:COMPUTERNAME -PassThru |
  Export-Clixml -Depth 1 -Path $Path
 
"/select,$Path"

Use Get-Sservice to get all services. The result will customize a new "Computer Name" column, attaching its data to the computer name.

Then, the result is saved in XML form on the hard disk. The Explorer will open the specified XML file you just created, and now you can copy it to USB and take it away very easily.

Convert the result to an object again, you can do this:

Copy the codeThe code is as follows:

$Path = "$env:temp\"
 
Import-Clixml -Path $Path

Supports all PS versions