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Asked: 2026-05-24T06:44:50+00:00

How do you have a service self terminate? Environment.Exit will cause the app to

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How do you have a service self terminate?

Environment.Exit will cause the app to start but the service stays running.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use the SCM to shut down your service from within the service itself:

    System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController svc = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("NameOfYourService");
svc.Stop();

    Edit:

    The other option is to call ServiceBase.Stop() in your service – if you have access to your ServiceBase derived class instance that would be the cleaner way to go – in many cases it is cumbersome though having to pass this dependency around.

    If you have an uncaught exception I personally would just let the service crash (or log it and then throw), which will leave a message in the event log detailing the termination reason. If you absolutely need to you can catch the Exception, and then call ServiceBase.Stop().

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