Can a Windows service install,start & uninstall child Windows service

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Hi,

My requirement is that can a windows service automatically install, start and Uninstall the other windows services programmatically using c#. Means there is a master services which dynamically invoke the child services.

Posted 12-Sep-14 20:09pm

anurag.netdeveloper

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BharatPrajapati212 13-Sep-14 8:46am

may be your solution is at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/358700/how-to-install-a-windows-service-programmatically-in-c . check this link

BharatPrajapati212 13-Sep-14 8:47am

And the detailed article about this is at
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/sachin.nigam/InstallingWinServiceProgrammatically11262005061332AM/InstallingWinServiceProgrammatically.aspx

gggustafson 14-Sep-14 12:31pm

You must implement the install, start, and uninstall methods yourself. The "master services" that you seek is called the Service Control Manager.

Implementing install, start, and uninstall is complicated only in that they require careful step-by-step operations. Otherwise, they are straight forward.

If you want additional information, reply to this comment.

Bernhard Hiller 15-Sep-14 4:08am

And where are you stuck?

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anurag.netdeveloper · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-31T01:47:00

This solution works for me......

public void ProcessBatFile(string QbatFile)
{
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe");
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
psi.RedirectStandardInput = true;
psi.RedirectStandardError = true;
psi.WorkingDirectory = @"C:\inetpub\websites\services\";
Process proc = Process.Start(psi);
StreamReader strm = System.IO.File.OpenText(QbatFile);
StreamReader sOut = proc.StandardOutput;
StreamWriter sIn = proc.StandardInput;
while (strm.Peek() != -1)
{
sIn.WriteLine(strm.ReadLine());
}
strm.Close();
string stEchoFmt = "# {0} run successfully. Exiting";
sIn.WriteLine(String.Format(stEchoFmt, QbatFile));
sIn.WriteLine("EXIT");
proc.Close();
string results = sOut.ReadToEnd().Trim();
sIn.Close();
sOut.Close();
}