how to check if windows service is installed / VB.NET

28 Jan 2006 11:28 PM

herbert

What is the elegant way in VB.NET to check whether a windows service is
installed or not?

How does the service controller tell this?

thanks herbert

29 Jan 2006 2:23 PM

Kevin Spencer

It's in the System Registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

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"herbert" <herb***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9A42EA84-C7FC-40DC-8795-12FE9B5BCDB6@microsoft.com...
> What is the elegant way in VB.NET to check whether a windows service is
> installed or not?
>
> How does the service controller tell this?
>
> thanks herbert

30 Jan 2006 2:09 AM

John Galt

Imports System.ServiceProcess

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Dim services() As ServiceController =
ServiceController.GetServices()

        For Each service As ServiceController In services

            ' Do comparison here to determine if service is installed

        Next

    End Sub

End Module

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"herbert" <herb***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9A42EA84-C7FC-40DC-8795-12FE9B5BCDB6@microsoft.com...
> What is the elegant way in VB.NET to check whether a windows service is
> installed or not?
>
> How does the service controller tell this?
>
> thanks herbert