ServiceController.Stop Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceProcess

Assembly:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.dll

Package:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController v9.0.0

Overloads

Stop()	Stops this service and any services that are dependent on this service.
Stop(Boolean)	Stops the service and optionally any services that are dependent on this service.

Stop()

Source:

ServiceController.cs

Stops this service and any services that are dependent on this service.

public:
 void Stop();

public void Stop ();

member this.Stop : unit -> unit

Public Sub Stop ()

Exceptions

Win32Exception

An error occurred when accessing a system API.

InvalidOperationException

The service was not found.

Examples

The following example uses the ServiceController class to check the current status of the Telnet service. If the service is stopped, the example starts the service. If the service is running, the example stops the service.

// Toggle the Telnet service - 
// If it is started (running, paused, etc), stop the service.
// If it is stopped, start the service.
ServiceController^ sc = gcnew ServiceController(  "Telnet" );
if ( sc )
{
   Console::WriteLine(  "The Telnet service status is currently set to {0}", sc->Status );
   if ( (sc->Status == (ServiceControllerStatus::Stopped) ) || (sc->Status == (ServiceControllerStatus::StopPending) ) )
   {
      // Start the service if the current status is stopped.
      Console::WriteLine(  "Starting the Telnet service..." );
      sc->Start();
   }
   else
   {
      // Stop the service if its status is not set to "Stopped".
      Console::WriteLine(  "Stopping the Telnet service..." );
      sc->Stop();
   }

   // Refresh and display the current service status.
   sc->Refresh();
   Console::WriteLine(  "The Telnet service status is now set to {0}.", sc->Status );

// Toggle the Telnet service -
// If it is started (running, paused, etc), stop the service.
// If it is stopped, start the service.
ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("Telnet");
Console.WriteLine("The Telnet service status is currently set to {0}",
                  sc.Status);

if ((sc.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped) ||
    (sc.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending))
{
   // Start the service if the current status is stopped.

   Console.WriteLine("Starting the Telnet service...");
   sc.Start();
}
else
{
   // Stop the service if its status is not set to "Stopped".

   Console.WriteLine("Stopping the Telnet service...");
   sc.Stop();
}

// Refresh and display the current service status.
sc.Refresh();
Console.WriteLine("The Telnet service status is now set to {0}.",
                   sc.Status);

' Toggle the Telnet service - 
' If it is started (running, paused, etc), stop the service.
' If it is stopped, start the service.
Dim sc As New ServiceController("Telnet")
Console.WriteLine("The Telnet service status is currently set to {0}", sc.Status)

If sc.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped) Or sc.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending) Then
   ' Start the service if the current status is stopped.
   Console.WriteLine("Starting the Telnet service...")
   sc.Start()
Else
   ' Stop the service if its status is not set to "Stopped".
   Console.WriteLine("Stopping the Telnet service...")
   sc.Stop()
End If

' Refresh and display the current service status.
sc.Refresh()
Console.WriteLine("The Telnet service status is now set to {0}.", sc.Status)

Remarks

If any services depend on this service for their operation, they will be stopped before this service is stopped. The DependentServices property contains the set of services that depend on this one.

If you stop a service that this service depends on, call the Stop method on this service within the Stop method of the parent service. The ServicesDependedOn property contains the services that this service depends on.

See also

• CanStop
• Start()
• Status

Stop(Boolean)

Source:

ServiceController.cs

Stops the service and optionally any services that are dependent on this service.

public:
 void Stop(bool stopDependentServices);

public void Stop (bool stopDependentServices);

member this.Stop : bool -> unit

Public Sub Stop (stopDependentServices As Boolean)

Parameters

stopDependentServices

Boolean

true to stop all running dependent services together with the service; false to stop only the service.

Remarks

If any other services depend on this one, you need to either pass true for stopDependentServices or stop them manually before calling this method.