Starting, stopping and viewing the current application status

This Help provides information related to Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Windows. This information may be partially or completely inapplicable to Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Linux. For complete information about Kaspersky Endpoint Agent for Linux, please refer to the Help of the solution that includes the application: Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform or Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response.

To start, stop, or view the current Kaspersky Endpoint Agent status using the command line interface:

1. On the device, run a command line interpreter (for example, Command Prompt cmd.exe) with the permissions of the local administrator.
2. Using the cd command, navigate to the folder where the Agent.exe file is located.

   For example, you can type the following command cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Endpoint Agent\" and press ENTER.

3. Run the following command and press ENTER:

   agent.exe --product=<start|stop|state> [--pwd=<current user password>]

   Command parameters when starting, stopping, and viewing the current state of Kaspersky Endpoint Agent

   Parameter	Description
   --product=<start|stop|state>	Allows you to start, stop or view the current application status. --product=<start> – starts the application. --product=<stop> – stops the application. If password protection is configured for the application, a password is required to execute the --product=<stop> command. --product=<state> – displays the current state of the application: started or stopped.
   --pwd=<current user password>	Allows you to specify the password of the user whose account is used to execute the command.

Return codes of the --product=<start|stop|state> command:

• -1 – command is not supported.
• 0 – command successfully executed.
• 1 – required argument is not passed to the command.
• 2 – general error.
• 4 – syntax error.
• 8 – permission error.
• 9 – invalid operation (for example, an attempt to execute the --product=start command, if the application is already running).

See also Managing Kaspersky Endpoint Agent activation Managing Kaspersky Endpoint Agent authentication Configuring tracing Configuring Kaspersky Endpoint Agent connection settings to a proxy server Enabling and disabling integration with Kaspersky Sandbox Configuring Kaspersky Endpoint Agent connection settings to a proxy server Enabling and disabling integration with Kaspersky Sandbox About the activation code Hardware and software requirements Updating Kaspersky Endpoint Agent from the previous version Data in requests to Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks server Managing integration settings with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks Enabling integration with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks Configuring synchronization settings between Kaspersky Endpoint Agent and Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks Configuring creation of dump files Viewing information about quarantine settings and quarantined objects Actions on quarantined objects Managing Kaspersky Sandbox integration settings Managing integration settings with KATA Central Node component Managing integration settings with Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks Running Kaspersky Endpoint Agent database and module update Protecting the application with password Protecting application services with PPL technology Managing self-defense settings Managing event filtering Managing network isolation Managing Standard IOC Scan tasks Managing YARA scan Managing Execution prevention

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