Hi,
1.Is this windows service written by yourself or any other existing service? Any screenshot will be appreciated.
2.For normal service which could be found in services.msc, stop and restart is a common way to ensure the service is running well but for the customized service with C code, following thread might be helpful:
- Net stop/start
- uninstall the old windows service and install new version of windows service
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22162477/how-to-update-an-installed-windows-service
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Hope this helps and please help to accept as Answer if the response is useful.
Thanks,
Jenny