Controlling services

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Hello,

I'm trying to speed up windows start a bit. Therefore I want to start
some services at a later point of time and some only if I run the
application which needs the services.
The first point is no problem, "net start" allows manual start of a
service. The tricky one is the second. Is there any .net class that
allows controling the services? I need to check if a specific service
(identified by name) is running and to start it, if it is not running.


Thanks in advance,

Stefan

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[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Re: Controlling services

Hi,

The servicecontroll er class does what you want.

Dim s As System.ServiceP rocess.ServiceC ontroller

For Each s In System.ServiceP rocess.ServiceC ontroller.GetSe rvices
If s.ServiceName = "MSSQLSERVE R" Then
If s.Status = ServiceProcess. ServiceControll erStatus.Stoppe d
Then s.Start()
End If
's.Stop to stop
's.Start to start
's.Pause to pause
Next


Ken
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> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to speed up windows start a bit. Therefore I want to start some
> services at a later point of time and some only if I run the application
> which needs the services.
> The first point is no problem, "net start" allows manual start of a
> service. The tricky one is the second. Is there any .net class that allows
> controling the services? I need to check if a specific service (identified
> by name) is running and to start it, if it is not running.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Stefan
>
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> _______________ _______________ _____www.VBTric ks.de.vu
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> components, tips & complete projects
>
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Controlling services

"VBTricks.d e.vu Webmaster" <nospam@thisser verdoesntexist. com> schrieb:[color=blue]
> The first point is no problem, "net start" allows manual start of a
> service. The tricky one is the second. Is there any .net class that
> allows controling the services? I need to check if a specific service
> (identified by name) is running and to start it, if it is not running.[/color]

Take a look at the 'ServiceControl ler' class.

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