How to: Continue a Windows Service (Visual Basic)

Warning

This documentation isn't for the latest version of Windows Service. For the latest content on Windows Services using BackgroundService and the Worker Service template, see:

• Worker Services in .NET
• Create a Windows Service using BackgroundService

This example uses the ServiceController component to continue the IIS Admin service on the local computer.

Example

Dim theController As System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController
theController = New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("IISAdmin")

' Checks that the service is paused.
If theController.Status =
    System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Paused Then

    ' Continues the service.
    theController.Continue()
End If

This code example is also available as an IntelliSense code snippet. In the code snippet picker, it is located in Windows Operating System > Windows Services. For more information, see Code Snippets.

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

• A project reference to System.serviceprocess.dll.

• Access to the members of the System.ServiceProcess namespace. Add an Imports statement if you are not fully qualifying member names in your code. For more information, see Imports Statement (.NET Namespace and Type).

Robust Programming

The MachineName property of the ServiceController class is the local computer by default. To reference Windows services on another computer, change the MachineName property to the name of that computer.

You cannot call the Continue method on a service until the service controller status is Paused.

The following conditions may cause an exception:

• The service cannot be resumed. (InvalidOperationException)

• An error occurred when accessing a system API. (Win32Exception)

.NET Framework Security

Control of services on the computer may be restricted by using the ServiceControllerPermissionAccess enumeration to set permissions in the ServiceControllerPermission class.

Access to service information may be restricted by using the PermissionState enumeration to set permissions in the SecurityPermission class.

See also

• ServiceController
• ServiceControllerStatus
• How to: Pause a Windows Service (Visual Basic)