Restart Windows DFS Service

The Windows Distributed File System Service can be restarted from the command line.

The command line can be accessed from the Start button:

  1. Click Start
  2. Click Run
  3. Type cmd
  4. and then click OK.

To stop the existing running service type and then press <Enter>

net stop DFS

and likewise to re-start the Windows DFS Service type and then press <Enter> the following

net start DFS