controlling a Windows Service from C#

using System.ServiceProcess;

///

/// Control a Windows Service. Note that remote control, would require permission of the current AD

///

public class ServiceControl

{

public static void StopService(string machine, string serviceName)

{

ServiceController controller = getController(machine, serviceName);

if(controller.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running)

controller.Stop();

controller.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped); //xxx - timeout

}

private static ServiceController getController(string machine, string serviceName)

{

ServiceController controller = new ServiceController();

controller.MachineName = machine;

controller.ServiceName = serviceName;

return controller;

}

public static void StartService(string machine, string serviceName)

{

ServiceController controller = getController(machine, serviceName);

if(controller.Status != ServiceControllerStatus.Running)

controller.Start();

controller.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running); //xxx - timeout

}

}

Note: to get the name of a Service, run this on the command line:

sc query

A load of information will be shown about all the services on the machine. You can read through it, to discover the 'serviceName' of a Service. You can then use the 'serviceName' to control the service, using the source code shown in this post.