Disable Windows service at application launch

Question

Because of VLC conflict I have to turn off Windows Advanced Text Services at my application launch. Is there any special API for that? Will it work for user with default rights?

Answer 1

The question is titled "Disable Windows service..." but the answers all tell how to stop a service.

Most of what you will find on Google is that you can update the registry to disable a service using something like this:

RegistryKey key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[YourServiceName]", true);
key.SetValue("Start", 4);

I haven't tried that method but it appears as though it will work. I also came up with a different method that uses sc.exe to disable the service:

Process sc = Process.Start("sc.exe", "config [YourServiceName] start= disabled");

Answer 2

ServiceController _ServiceController = new ServiceController([NameService]);
if (!_ServiceController.ServiceHandle.IsInvalid) 
{
     _ServiceController.Stop();
     _ServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(uConstante.CtTempoEsperaRespostaServico));
}