How can I programmatically stop/start a windows service on a remote box?

Question

I want to write a console or Click Once WinForms app that will programmatically stop and/or start a windows service on a remote box.

Both boxes are running .NET 3.5 - what .NET API's are available to accomplish this?

Answer 1

in C#:

var sc = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("MyService", "MyRemoteMachine"); sc.Start(); sc.WaitForStatus(System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Running); sc.Stop(); sc.WaitForStatus(System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped);