# How to Configure Automatic Restart for Crashing Linx Server Services

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**Created:** [February 9, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://community.linx.software/community/t/how-to-configure-automatic-restart-for-crashing-linx-server-services/766 "2026-02-09T10:14:47Z")
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If you ever find yourself dealing with a Linx server that keeps crashing, you can configure Windows Service Control Manager to automatically restart the service with intelligent retry logic.

## The Solution

Use this Windows command to configure automatic restart behavior:

cmd

```auto
sc.exe failure "LinxServer6" actions= restart/30000/restart/120000/restart/600000 reset= 86400

```

**⚠ IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE:** Always understand what a command does before executing it in the terminal. This is a Windows CMD/PowerShell command that requires administrative permissions to modify service recovery settings.

## What This Command Does

The `sc.exe failure` command configures the service recovery actions with the following behavior:

- **First failure** : Restart after 30 seconds (30000 milliseconds)
- **Second failure** : Restart after 2 minutes (120000 milliseconds)
- **Third failure** : Restart after 10 minutes (600000 milliseconds)
- **All subsequent failures** : Continue restarting every 10 minutes
- **Reset counter** : After 24 hours (86400 seconds), the failure counter resets to zero

## How to Apply This Configuration

1. **Open Command Prompt as Administrator**

- Right-click on Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator”

1. **Execute the command**

- Replace `"LinxServer6"` with your actual Linx service name if different
- Run the command exactly as shown above

1. **Verify the configuration**

- You can check the service properties in Services.msc under the “Recovery” tab

## Why This Works

This configuration provides a progressive backoff strategy:

- Quick recovery for temporary issues (30 seconds)
- Moderate delay for persistent problems (2 minutes)
- Longer intervals to prevent resource exhaustion (10 minutes)
- Daily reset prevents permanent degraded state

## Prerequisites

- Administrative privileges on the Windows machine
- The service name must match exactly (case-sensitive)
- Windows Service Control Manager must be available

**Summary:**  
Use the `sc.exe failure` command to configure intelligent automatic restart behavior for your Linx server services. This ensures quick recovery from temporary failures while preventing system overload from persistent issues.