Windows services

Question

Hello everyone From ServiceController class we can easily get the names of all the services on the current system. My question is how to get the physical absolute path of the executable file for the service? I found quite a while in MSDN but failed. thanks in advance George

George George · Answer

Thanks Ryan! Question answered. regards George

Ryan Alford · Answer

correct

George George · Answer

Thanks Ryan! I think get executable file path is not supported directly in ServiceController class from the document sent to me. and itis why it needs to do something additional. Correct? :-) regards George

Ryan Alford · Answer

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/ServiceController.aspx?display=Print

George George · Answer

Cool Ryan! So ServiceController does not have the capability to get the executable file name path correct? regards George

Ryan Alford · Answer

Process[] processes = Process.GetProcesses(); foreach(Process p in processes) { // This will give you the full path name of the process string name = p.MainModule.FileName; }