Start/Stop Remote Windows Service From Client Application

This example shows how to start/stop remote Windows Service from client machine using C# application.

First, create a Windows application and put 4 label controls for displaying service name and status of the service.

On the button click event, we need to write the following lines of code.

 

private void btnStartStop_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    try {
        string serviceName = "ServiceName";
        string IP = "xxx.xxx.x.xx"; // remote IP
        string username = "username"; // remote username
        string password = "password"; // remote password
        ConnectionOptions connectoptions = new ConnectionOptions();
        connectoptions.Username = username;
        connectoptions.Password = password;
        ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\xxx.xxx.x.xx\\root\\Machine Name");
        scope.Options = connectoptions;
        //WMI query to be executed on the remote machine
        SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("select * from Win32_Service where name = '" + serviceName + "'");
        using(ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query)) {
            ManagementObjectCollection collection = searcher.Get();
            foreach(ManagementObject service in collection.OfType < ManagementObject > ()) {
                if (service["started"].Equals(true)) {
                    //Start the service
                    service.InvokeMethod("StopService", null);
                    btnStartStop.Text = "Start";
                    lblServiceName.Text = serviceName;
                    lblServiceStatus.Text = "Stopped";
                } else {
                    //Stop the service
                    service.InvokeMethod("StartService", null);
                    btnStartStop.Text = "Stop";
                    lblServiceName.Text = serviceName;
                    lblServiceStatus.Text = "Running";
                }
            }
        }
    } catch (NullReferenceException) {
        throw;
    }
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