Checking if a service is up

[r]

Hi,
I would like to check from within my c# app,
if certain services are up or down, to activate and to stop
them.
Any idea on how to do it?
Thanks in advance

[Maqsood Ahmed]

Hello,
You can manipulate existing windows services using ServiceController
class in System.ServiceProcess namespace. You can create the service
controller with the following line of code:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController controller = new
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("ServiceNa meGoesHere");

you can check about the service state through
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.

if(controller.Status ==
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Runn ing)
controller.Stop();

Please see MSDN for further details on Manipulating Windows services.

HTH. Cheers.
Maqsood Ahmed [MCP C#,SQL Server]
Kolachi Advanced Technologies
http://www.kolachi.net

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[Michael Per]

You can also use WMI for this. Check out System.Management namespace.

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Hi,
I would like to check from within my c# app,
if certain services are up or down, to activate and to stop
them.
Any idea on how to do it?
Thanks in advance