Windows Service Status C++?

Question

How I can get the status of an windows service in C++?

This is a C# example:

ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("Spooler", "Server1");
if (sc.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running)
{
    MessageBox.Show("The service is running.");
}

But how do I do the equivalent in C++?

Answer 1

You need to call OpenSCManager(), then OpenService() and then QueryServiceStatus() to get the status.

When you're done call CloseServiceHandle() twice, once on the service handle, and then on the handle returned by OpenSCManager().