Command Line

There are a number of things that can be done with the command line by executing the PDQInventoryService.exe executable file.

Restart

Restart the Background Service.

PDQInventoryService.exe restart

This is the same as running:

net stop PDQInventory
net start PDQInventory

Optimize

Optimize the database to ensure peak performance.

PDQInventoryService.exe optimize

The optimization will stop the Background Service before running and restart it afterwords.