> ## Documentation Index
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# Start, Stop, and Restart Services in Bearsampp

> Start, stop, and restart Bearsampp services from the system tray. Control individual modules or all at once, and configure automatic Windows startup behavior.

Bearsampp runs its core components — Apache, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Memcached, Mailpit, and Xlight — as Windows services managed through the Windows Service Control Manager (SCM). You control all of them from the system tray icon without opening a terminal or editing any files.

<Note>
  All service operations require Administrator privileges. Launch Bearsampp by right-clicking `bearsampp.exe` and selecting **Run as administrator**, or configure it to always run as administrator from its file properties.
</Note>

## Start, stop, and restart all services

To act on every enabled service at once, right-click the tray icon and choose one of:

| Action      | Menu item                | What it does                                                    |
| ----------- | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Start all   | **Start all services**   | Starts every enabled service in dependency order                |
| Stop all    | **Stop all services**    | Stops every running service cleanly                             |
| Restart all | **Restart all services** | Stops all services, then starts them again in the correct order |

Bearsampp shows a progress window while the operation runs and closes it automatically when complete.

## Control individual services

To start, stop, or restart a single module, right-click the tray icon, hover over the module name (for example **Apache**), and choose:

* **Start service** — starts only this module's service
* **Stop service** — stops only this module's service
* **Restart service** — stops and restarts only this module's service

This is useful when you change a config file and need to apply it to one service without affecting the rest of your stack.

## Install and remove services

Bearsampp registers each module with the Windows SCM so Windows can manage the service lifecycle. You can do this manually per module:

* **Install Service** — tray → \[Module] → **Install Service** — registers the service with Windows SCM so it can be started, stopped, and monitored by Windows
* **Remove Service** — tray → \[Module] → **Remove Service** — unregisters the service from Windows SCM

<Warning>
  Removing a service does not delete any files or data. It only unregisters it from Windows. You can reinstall it at any time using **Install Service**.
</Warning>

## Online and offline mode

Bearsampp can switch between online and offline mode without stopping services:

* **Put Online** — tray → **Put Online** — Apache serves your projects normally
* **Put Offline** — tray → **Put Offline** — Apache displays a maintenance page instead of your projects

Use offline mode when you need to block browser access to your local sites temporarily while keeping the service running.

## Launch on Windows startup

To start Bearsampp automatically when you log in to Windows:

1. Right-click the tray icon and go to **Settings**.
2. Enable **Launch on Windows startup**.

Bearsampp will launch and start all enabled services each time Windows starts, without requiring you to open it manually.

## Reload

To reload Bearsampp's internal configuration without restarting any services, right-click the tray icon and choose **Reload**. This re-reads the configuration files and refreshes the tray menu, which is useful after manually editing config files or moving the Bearsampp folder.