How can I programmatically stop/start a windows service on a remote box?

Question

I want to write a console or Click Once WinForms app that will programmatically stop and/or start a windows service on a remote box.

Both boxes are running .NET 3.5

Answer 1

You can also do this from a command console using the sc command:

 sc  start [service name]
 sc  stop [service name]

Use

sc  query | find "SERVICE_NAME"

to get a list of service names.

The option has the form \\ServerName

Example

sc \\MyServer stop schedule will stop the Scheduler service.