WinSvcBlocker

A simple program for blocking unwanted Windows services.

Features

Blocks all the services you don't want in one go.
The target services will be blocked regardless of software updates or reinstalls. As long as the service names don't change, they will be blocked.
Allows you to escape from the situation where Windows or software updates cannot be disabled and a buggy update trying to reinstall itself every time it is uninstalled.
Each service blocker works asynchronously.
The program is available in 2 types, as an application and a service.

Download release builds from the release section or build from source.
Extract the downloaded files to whatever folder you want.
Create a blocklist.txt file based on the provided template, specify the service names you want to block.
Put the created blocklist.txt file in the same folder as svcblocker.exe (for application) or svcblocker_svc.exe (for service).
If you want to run the program as a portable application, run svcblocker.exe.
If you want to run the program as a Windows service that automatically launches when your computer starts up, run install_service.bat to install the service.
To temporarily disable the service, run deactivate_service.bat. You can restore the state of the service back by running activate_service.bat.
To uninstall the service, run uninstall_service.bat.

Administrator privileges are required, be sure to use Run as administrator option when starting a program or script related to WinSvcBlocker.
Only one instance running is allowed, either app or service.
install_service.bat must be in the same folder as svcblocker_svc.exe to work.
If you're running Windows 11 with fast startup enabled, don't install service on another drive other than the system drive (C:), otherwise automatic start may not work correctly.

Only Code::Blocks IDE with TDM-GCC-64 is supported for now. CMake support is WIP.