Stopped the robot service and now getting "uipath robot servcie is unavailable" error

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Hello

I stopped the robot service instead of restarting and i am now getting “UiPath robot servcie is unavailable” error

can i do anything instead of uninstalling.reinstalling? i relaunche the robot exe installer but still get the same eror

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@adext01

Try restarting the machine. It should restart.

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Fix: Restart the UiPath Robot service manually

  1. Press Win + R, type services.msc, and press Enter.
  2. Find UiPath Robot (or UiRobotSvc) in the list.
  3. Right-click it → Start. If Start is greyed out, right-click → Properties, set Startup type to Automatic, click Apply, then Start.
  4. Reopen the UiPath Assistant/Robot tray — the error should be gone.

If the service is missing from services.msc (this can happen if the installer run removed the registration), re-register it from an elevated Command Prompt (Run as Administrator):

cd "C:\Program Files\UiPath\Studio"
UiRobot.exe --uninstallService
UiRobot.exe --installService
net start UiRobotSvc

(Adjust the path if UiPath is installed elsewhere, e.g. %LocalAppData%\UiPath\app-<version> for user-mode installs.)

If the service fails to start, check Windows Event Viewer → Application logs for the exact error, and confirm the account running the service has proper permissions.

Permanent prevention: Keep the service Startup type = Automatic in services.msc so it starts on every boot, and always use Restart instead of Stop when cycling the service in future.

In most cases, step 1–3 alone resolves it - no reinstall needed.

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Hey @adext01

if you stopped the service manually u just need to turn it back on from windows services

just press windows key + R, type services.msc and hit enter. then scroll down till u find the UiPath Robot service, right click on it and hit start.

ypu might also want to right click, go to properties and set the startup type to automatic so this doesnt happen again when u restart the pc

hope this helps you fix it! :slight_smile: