Start Windows Service programmatically

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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 everything goes through but when I log into the server, the service still does not show that it is running. However, the second time I run it, I get an exception that says the instance of the service is already running. Again when I log into the server, the service appears to be stopped. Has anyone ever seen this?

Here is my code.

try
{
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        int timeoutMilliseconds = 1000;
        string serviceName = reader["ServiceName"].ToString();
        string permission = reader["Permission"].ToString();

        if (permission == "E")
        {
            lblServStartSuccess.Visible = true;

            ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
            TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

            service.Start();
            service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout);
        }
        else
        {
            lblServErrorStart.Visible = true;
        }
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Response.Write(ex.ToString());
}

EDIT: Here is the exception I received on one service:

System.InvalidOperationException: Service Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service was not found on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service does not exist as an installed service --- End of inner exception stack trace

I know the service exists. Do I need to add something in front of the service to tell it what server to look at?

windows-services c#
6 Answers

First of all you need to add reference of the DLL (ServiceProcess) in your project References as like:

Right click on References in Solution Explorer -> Add Reference -> Assemblies -> 
Framework -> System.ServiceProcess

Then add ServiceProcess DLL in your project:

using System.ServiceProcess;

After that use this code:

ServiceController service = new ServiceController(yourServiceName);
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