How do I change a Windows Service's startup type in .NET (post-install)?

Question

I have a program that installs a service, and I'd like to be able to give the user the option later on to change the startup type to "Automatic".

The OS is XP - if it makes any difference (Windows APIs?).

How can I do this in .NET? C# if possible! :)

Answer 1

I wrote a blog post on how to do this using P/Invoke. Using the ServiceHelper class from my post you can do the following to change the Start Mode.

var svc = new ServiceController("ServiceNameGoesHere");   ServiceHelper.ChangeStartMode(svc, ServiceStartMode.Automatic);