Checking Existing Windows Service

[Ann Marinas]

Hi, All!

I just would like to ask... Is it possible that you can detect whether a
Windows Service is existing or not? If this is possible, how can you
implement it?

Thank you!

A

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Ann,

The easiest way would be to use the classes in the System.Management
namespace to perform a WMI query for the instance of Win32_Service that
corresponds to the service you are looking for. This will let you determine
whether the service exists, is it running, etc, etc.

Hope this helps.
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"Ann Marinas" <ma*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi, All!

I just would like to ask... Is it possible that you can detect whether a
Windows Service is existing or not? If this is possible, how can you
implement it?

Thank you!

A

[Ann Marinas]

Thank you so much. I really do appreciate the help!

I'll try to apply this on my application.

Thank you!

Ann

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
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Ann,

The easiest way would be to use the classes in the System.Management
namespace to perform a WMI query for the instance of Win32_Service that
corresponds to the service you are looking for. This will let you determine whether the service exists, is it running, etc, etc.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Ann Marinas" <ma*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2***************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi, All!

I just would like to ask... Is it possible that you can detect whether a
Windows Service is existing or not? If this is possible, how can you
implement it?

Thank you!

A

[Dave Girvitz]

If you don't want to work through the WMI query syntax, this may be a little
easier:
//required for using ServiceController
using System.ServiceProcess;

private bool ServiceExists(string serviceName)
{
ServiceController[] allServices = ServiceController.GetServices();
bool result = false;
ServiceController sc = null;
for (int i = 0; i < allServices.Length; i++)
{
if (allServices[i].ServiceName.ToLower() == serviceName.ToLower())
{
result = true;
break;
}
}
return result;
}

"Ann Marinas" <ma*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2***************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi, All!

I just would like to ask... Is it possible that you can detect whether a
Windows Service is existing or not? If this is possible, how can you
implement it?

Thank you!

A

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