Activate SharePoint Central Admin from console

Question

I've accidentally disable the Central Admin service on my sharepoint server and now I can't find a way to re-activate it. Is there any way to do this using one of the SP command line utilities?

Answer 1

Should be able to reactivate it through Services under Administrative Tools in the start menu?

Answer 2

James, it's not a Windows service. You have to start it with Powershell:

http://gavinmckay.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/howto-start-the-sharepoint-2010-central-administration-service-with-powershell/

Answer 3

You should check-out the following:

• SharePoint 2010 Administration (Run > Services.msc)
• SharePoint Central Administration v4 application pool (IIS Manager > Application Pool).
• Check status of SharePoint_AdminContent_ database (if default).

You can describe clearly your error message.