How to get current settings of a windows service.

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I have created a windows service say XYZ. I could set its properties that is "startup type" and the "recovery".My question is how to get its current settings.
I want to "get" its

1.Startup Type
2.Recovery
2.1 First failure
2.2 Second failure
2.3 Subsequent failure

Posted 20-Jan-16 18:13pm

Jithin M Jose

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2016-01-20T19:20:00

Solution 1

You can set properties using sc[^].

A simple example would be setting failure option via a command string -

C#

var startInfo = process.StartInfo;
 startInfo.FileName = "sc";
 startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

 // tell Windows that the service should restart if it fails
 startInfo.Arguments = string.Format("failure \"{0}\" reset= 0 actions= restart/60000", serviceName);

 process.Start();
 process.WaitForExit();

 exitCode = process.ExitCode;

Posted 20-Jan-16 19:20pm

Abhinav S

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Jithin M Jose 21-Jan-16 1:41am

My question is how to "Get" the properties.

Abhinav S 21-Jan-16 1:53am

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973811.aspx will help you dyynamicaly configure a service using a config file. Restarting the service will be necessary to apply these config changes.