rdoursenaud / wsp

Windows Services Profiles

WSP

Windows Services Profiles

How to use

For the time being, please edit the script to make the profiles yours.

Future versions may come with separate configuration files.

1. Check the Useful debugging commands section to help you list the services currently available on your machine.
2. Edit $hogs to list the services you want to manage.
3. Edit $profiles to your liking.
4. Update the accompanying variables to specify required services.
5. Test switching profiles manually (See Help).
6. Create convenient Start Menu shortcuts (See Help).
7. Use the Start Menu shortcuts to switch profiles depending on what you do and hopefully enjoy an optimized experience.

Help

SYNOPSIS

A PowerShell script to selectively stop/suspend and start/resume services based on profiles.

DESCRIPTION

The WSP.ps1 script switches services profiles and optionally creates Start Menu shortcuts to easily target these profiles.

The goal is to only run required services for each activity to limit unwanted resources usage by mundane services or prevent conflicts.

PARAMETER Profile

A profile identifier.

The special profile 'CS' creates/updates global Start Menu shortcuts to this script for each profile.

Left empty it prints out the help.

INPUTS

None. You cannot pipe objects to WSP.ps1.

OUTPUTS

None. WSP.ps1 does not generate output and merely prints services actions.

EXAMPLES

.\WSP.ps1 GAME

Switches to the gaming profile.

.\WSP.ps1 CS

Creates global Start Menu shortcuts for each available profile.

NOTES

Copyright 2021 Raphaël Doursenaud [e-mail]

License: Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)

Uses Get-SpecialFolderPath.ps1 from https://github.com/beatcracker/Powershell-Misc