http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspxThis is just a little tip - but I thought it was worth sharing. If you ever find yourself wanting to start or stop Virtual Server from the command prompt under Windows, you will need to run the following command: net stop "Virtual Server" Or: en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspx#1968492Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:54:50 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1968492Dan<p>Virtual PC runs as a normal process (virtualpc.exe), not a service.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1968492" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspx#1963918Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:51:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1963918Andy<p>Is there an equivalent service name for Virtual PC?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1963918" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspx#1962349Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:39:32 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1962349Dave<p>Dropping the last quote works for many programs. It's a side-effect of the way the C run-time parses the command-line into the array that's passed as the second argument to main().</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1962349" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspx#1962100Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:52:42 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1962100Luke<p>That's just plain lazy ;)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1962100" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspx#1961858Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:23:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1961858Richard<p>How about</p> <p>sasv 'Virtual Server'</p> <p>(PowerShell), even shorter (&quot;sasv&quot; is alias for &quot;Start-Service&quot;, as &quot;spsv&quot; is for &quot;Stop-Service&quot;).</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1961858" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspx#1958535Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:48:15 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1958535Brad C.<p>How about sc start &quot;Virtual Server&quot; instead? &nbsp;Less characters and you don't have to wait for it to return. &nbsp;sc is the preferred way to interact with services.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1958535" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/03/26/net-start-tip-for-the-lazy.aspx#1957586Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:37:10 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1957586Jimmy Chandra<p>Hehe. &nbsp;I've been doing that for quite some time now :)</p> <p>Guess I'm one of those too lazy to type the extra quote.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1957586" width="1" height="1">