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

if you need to get the name of the Service:

run this from the command line:

sc query

You will see for example, that SQL Server's service name is 'MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS'.

So to stop the SQL Server service in C#:

        ServiceController controller = new ServiceController();
        controller.MachineName = "Machine1";
        controller.ServiceName = "MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS";

        if(controller.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running)
            controller.Stop();

        controller.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped);