Starting services programatically

[Esmo2000]

How do I start a service programatically? Is there a way to do it from the command prompt or in the service installer? Thanks a lot, Jim Did I post well? Rate it! Did I post badly? Rate that too!

[leppie]

Add the System.ServiceProcess.dll as a reference and use System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController xacc-ide 0.0.15 now with C#, MSIL, C, XML, ASP.NET, Nemerle, MyXaml and HLSL coloring - Screenshots

[Esmo2000]

Thanks, but how do I use that? I don't see a start command. Thanks, Jim Did I post well? Rate it! Did I post badly? Rate that too!

[hooray]

try this: this.serviceController1 = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("place here the name of the service"); serviceController1.Start();

[Dave Kreskowiak]

You didn't look very hard. ServiceController.Start Method[^] docs on MSDN.

ServiceController myService = new ServiceController(@"MyServiceName");
if ( (myService.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped) ) ||
( myService.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending) ) )
{
myService.Start();
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Service is already running...");
}

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