You don't need a started service for uninstall. After restarting check the status of service if it exists then proceed with uninstall, if not exist create a dummy service and then uninstall without staring the service.
HTH
You don't need a started service for uninstall. After restarting check the status of service if it exists then proceed with uninstall, if not exist create a dummy service and then uninstall without staring the service.
HTH