How can I restart a windows service programmatically in .NET

Question

How can I restart a windows service programmatically in .NET?
Also, I need to do an operation when the service restart is completed.

Answer 1

An example using by ServiceController Class

private void RestartWindowsService(string serviceName)
{
    ServiceController serviceController = new ServiceController(serviceName);
    try
    {
        if ((serviceController.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.Running)) || (serviceController.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.StartPending)))
        {
            serviceController.Stop();
        }
        serviceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped);
        serviceController.Start();
        serviceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running);
    }
    catch
    {
        ShowMsg(AppTexts.Information, AppTexts.SystematicError, MessageBox.Icon.WARNING);
    }
}