Application #64. Interact with Services
Although Windows server operating systems provide mechanisms for viewing and manipulating the services running on a computer, you might need to write your own code to manage some services. Server applications often need to ensure that prerequisite services exist and are running before executing, or you might have a system that needs to periodically send custom commands to a service.
Building Upon...Application #78: Create a Windows Service |
New Concepts
The System.ServiceProcess namespace contains a class named ServiceController. This class allows you to interrogate and manipulate Windows service applications running on your network. Using the constructor, you specify the name of the service and the ...
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