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Startup and Shutdown on Windows
Your Ingres instance on Windows can be started and shut down in the following ways:
• Automatically
• Using Ingres Service Manager
• Using the Services Window in Windows
• Using the ingstart and ingstop commands
• Using Visual Manager
• Using Director
Note:  We recommend that you start Ingres as a service. To do so, use Ingres Service Manager, issue ingstart -service at the command prompt, or use Director.
Last modified date: 02/09/2026