Introduction

This article is the continuation of the previous article about MongoDB installation process in Microsoft Windows 10. Actually, the article itself exist in the following link. If the installation process is following all of the steps in that article, the process for starting MongoDB service will be possible as in this article.

Starting the MongoDB Service in Microsoft Windows

1. First of all, just execute the services windows dialog box. It is possible by executing from the field of ‘Type here to search’ as follows :

2. Type the word ‘services’ in the above field as in the following image :

3. After selecting the ‘Component Services’ as in the above image, the following image will appear :

4. Next, just scroll it down to find the MongoDB service. If it exist, it will available in the service list as in the following image :

5. As in the above image, there is a MongoDB service in the list of the Component Service windows dialog box. More over, since it is automatically start, the MongoDB service is already running. But in case something happen, it can start the service manually. Just right click at the service and then start it. The following image is an example if the MongoDB service is not running and then the process will start manually :

If there is nothing else that can trigger a problem, the service should start normally. The process will run and the status of the service will change. It will has a ‘Running’ status in the column field. Specifically, the column field status of the MongoDB service name. So, if anything happen with the service, just look back and check the ‘Component Services’ windows dialog box.