Starting and Stopping Services

[rmatthew]

I need to start / stop a specific service from a program. Is there a way to accomplish this in Visual Basic.NET?

 

[Datahighway]

Hi rmatthew,

have you a Solution for you Problem starting and stopping services ? I have the same Problem. I wrote a Windows Service, but i need a way to start und stop this service with a VB Programm.

 

[rmatthew]

Yes -

Dim serv As New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("[SERVICE NAME AS STRING]")

'to Start
serv.Start()

'to Stop
serv.Stop()

 

[bungpeng]

System.ServiceProcess....? I can't find this class...

Do I need to install other component?

 

[rmatthew]

Need to add a reference - System.ServiceProcess

 

[bungpeng]

thank you very much

 

[russgreen]

how would you get a service to restart itelf?

 

[SourceCoders]

How can I add a reference ?

 

[leontager]

this is what I used

Dim sc As New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("Service Name")
sc.Start() 'Will start it (permissions required)