Controlling a Windows Service
Create and manipulate a Windows service.
In the previous section, I discussed several utilities for manipulating Windows services. You may also need to manipulate a Windows service programmatically from your program. You may use this in the scenario where you want to take some action based on the status of a service or you may want to take some actions in a program that require you to start, pause, continue, or stop a Windows service. You may also want to programmatically manipulate a Windows service when you want to provide your own custom user interface for configuring and controlling a Windows service.
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Creating MMC Snap-ins If you wish to provide an MMC-integrated administration module for your Windows service ...
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