Start Windows Service programmatically

Question

I am having an issue with an application that I am creating. I am trying to start a windows service through my C# app. When I click my start button, it looks like everythi

Answer 1

This is an old thread, but google got me here. My services, even after successfully starting, would still query back as stopped. If you add

service.Refresh();

It will query the actual current status instead of the stored state from a previous query. I don't know why it works like this, but it does.

P.S.: I added a minute long time out and still got a service is stopped response without the refresh.