how to turn windows service on if its off. control

Question

i want to turn windows service on when it is off. is it possible to make via code from web application with c#? i am using asp.net mvc and c#.

Answer 1

Use the ServiceController class.

Answer 2

Its possible to do it but its unlikely that you want to run your website under an account which has enough rights to be able to Start/Stop services. You can use the ServiceController class to start a service see here

Answer 3

You're looking for the ServiceController class.

Answer 4

Here an example:

                var sc = new ServiceController("Your service name");
                sc.Stop();
                sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120));
                logger.Info("service stopped.");