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How to stop a Windows Service from within itself?

Using C#:

I tried:
ServiceControll er me = new ServiceControll er(this.Service Name);
me.Stop();

it raises an exception: Cannot find Service
I also tried:

Process.Start(" net.exe", "stop " + this.ServiceNam e);
That did work either.
from DOS:
net stop ServiveName
works.

Any suggestions welcome.

Jacobus Terhorst

Nov 17 '05 #1
6 28563
Throw an unhandled exception and your service should stop.

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
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Using C#:

I tried:
ServiceControll er me = new ServiceControll er(this.Service Name);
me.Stop();

it raises an exception: Cannot find Service
I also tried:

Process.Start(" net.exe", "stop " + this.ServiceNam e);
That did work either.
from DOS:
net stop ServiveName
works.

Any suggestions welcome.

Jacobus Terhorst

Nov 17 '05 #2
:)

--

Thanks,
Yunus Emre ALPÖZEN
BSc, MCAD.NET

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despam med.com> wrote in message
news:ed******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Throw an unhandled exception and your service should stop.

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:Os******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Using C#:

I tried:
ServiceControll er me = new ServiceControll er(this.Service Name);
me.Stop();

it raises an exception: Cannot find Service
I also tried:

Process.Start(" net.exe", "stop " + this.ServiceNam e);
That did work either.
from DOS:
net stop ServiveName
works.

Any suggestions welcome.

Jacobus Terhorst


Nov 17 '05 #3
I tried it, but no cigar.

I am starting a timer in the OnStart method

and the worker code is started from the timer event.

Wherever I throw an unhandled exception, the service is not stopped...

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despam med.com> wrote in message
news:ed******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Throw an unhandled exception and your service should stop.

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:Os******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Using C#:

I tried:
ServiceControll er me = new ServiceControll er(this.Service Name);
me.Stop();

it raises an exception: Cannot find Service
I also tried:

Process.Start(" net.exe", "stop " + this.ServiceNam e);
That did work either.
from DOS:
net stop ServiveName
works.

Any suggestions welcome.

Jacobus Terhorst


Nov 17 '05 #4
It does work from the OnStart method...
"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:eP******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
I tried it, but no cigar.

I am starting a timer in the OnStart method

and the worker code is started from the timer event.

Wherever I throw an unhandled exception, the service is not stopped...

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despam med.com> wrote in message
news:ed******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Throw an unhandled exception and your service should stop.

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:Os******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Using C#:

I tried:
ServiceControll er me = new ServiceControll er(this.Service Name);
me.Stop();

it raises an exception: Cannot find Service
I also tried:

Process.Start(" net.exe", "stop " + this.ServiceNam e);
That did work either.
from DOS:
net stop ServiveName
works.

Any suggestions welcome.

Jacobus Terhorst



Nov 17 '05 #5
Where are you trying to stop the service from? I don't think that you can
stop it from the initialization or start method in the way that you are
describing.

--
Jared Parsons [MSFT]
ja******@online .microsoft.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/jaredpar
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights"
"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:Os******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Using C#:

I tried:
ServiceControll er me = new ServiceControll er(this.Service Name);
me.Stop();

it raises an exception: Cannot find Service
I also tried:

Process.Start(" net.exe", "stop " + this.ServiceNam e);
That did work either.
from DOS:
net stop ServiveName
works.

Any suggestions welcome.

Jacobus Terhorst

Nov 17 '05 #6
Have you tried a simple Application.Exi t()

You might have to call exitthread before calling exit.

The service itself must have the CanStop property set to true when your
developing the service. You can check if you can stop it with .......
if (myController.C anStop)
{
myController.St op();
}
The suggestion to throw an exception is a complete hack that another MVP
suggested worked. The reason it works in onStart is that the service has
not yet started.

Your alternative would be to overide the DACL for the service, allocating a
new security descriptor and then using a call to advapi32 to get a better
control at the API level. It still might not work, as the user account your
service runs under has to have service stop permissions so check which
account yout running the service under.

-- Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director
"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:%2******** **********@TK2M SFTNGP09.phx.gb l...
It does work from the OnStart method...
"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:eP******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
I tried it, but no cigar.

I am starting a timer in the OnStart method

and the worker code is started from the timer event.

Wherever I throw an unhandled exception, the service is not stopped...

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despam med.com> wrote in message
news:ed******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Throw an unhandled exception and your service should stop.

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Jacobus Terhorst" <ja*****@usa.ne t> wrote in message
news:Os******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
Using C#:

I tried:
ServiceControll er me = new ServiceControll er(this.Service Name);
me.Stop();

it raises an exception: Cannot find Service
I also tried:

Process.Start(" net.exe", "stop " + this.ServiceNam e);
That did work either.
from DOS:
net stop ServiveName
works.

Any suggestions welcome.

Jacobus Terhorst




Nov 17 '05 #7

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