How to start and stop the any window service in the windows operating system using windows app

Question

I am trying to building generic tool from which we can control any windows service in the window operating system using asp.net window app, i got this references: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19094712/control-the-windows-service i have added two buttons start and stop from below code, but i am getting the error in exception: {"Cannot start service aspnet_state on computer '.'."}.

   public Form3()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void start_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        string serviceName = "aspnet_state";
        double timeoutMilliseconds = 10_000;
        TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

        ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
        try
        {
            service.Start();
            service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout);
        }
        catch (InvalidOperationException exc)
        {
            MessageBox.Show($"The service failed to start in a timely manner\n\n{exc}");
        }
    }

    private void stop_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string serviceName = "aspnet_state";
        double timeoutMilliseconds = 10_000;
        TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

        ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
        try
        {
            service.Stop();
            service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, timeout);
        }
        catch (InvalidOperationException exc)
        {
            MessageBox.Show($"The service failed to start in a timely manner\n\n{exc}");
        }
    }

Answer 1

Hi,

I have debug my code is working correctly only the issue was service name was wrong.

Regards,
Mahzar Khan

Answer 2

Hi mohdmazharkhan-1078,
Try the following suggestions:

1. Right click on the application and click Run as administrator.
2. Run Visual Studio as an administrator.
3. Go to c://Program Files/ApplicationFolder/.exe Right click on .exe and go to Properties then go Compability Tab and check true to Run this Program as an administrator Level.
   Best Regards,
   Daniel Zhang

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Answer 3

I don't have an exact solution but do have code in a GitHub repository that should help. Although the code is in a windows form project the following classes can be used in any project type.

WindowsServices class has methods to

• Stop a service
• Start a service
• Determine if a specific service is installed
• Get service names
• Get status of specific service

Serviceinstaller class has methods to

• Install a service
• Uninstall a service