ServiceController.Pause Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceProcess

Assembly:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.dll

Package:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController v9.0.0

Source:

ServiceController.cs

Suspends a service's operation.

public:
 void Pause();

public void Pause ();

member this.Pause : unit -> unit

Public Sub Pause ()

Exceptions

Win32Exception

An error occurred when accessing a system API.

InvalidOperationException

The service was not found.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use of the Pause method to pause a service. This example is part of a larger example that is provided for the ServiceController class.

sc.Pause();
while (sc.Status != ServiceControllerStatus.Paused)
{
    Thread.Sleep(1000);
    sc.Refresh();
}
Console.WriteLine("Status = " + sc.Status);

sc.Pause()
While sc.Status <> ServiceControllerStatus.Paused
    Thread.Sleep(1000)
    sc.Refresh()
End While
Console.WriteLine("Status = " + sc.Status.ToString())

Remarks

You cannot call Continue for the service until the service controller status is Paused.

See also

• CanPauseAndContinue
• Continue()
• Status