Question

I am using following code to get the path of the service…

 string ServicePath = string.Format("Win32_Service.Name=\"{0}\"", "MyService");
 var WMiObject = new ManagementObject(ServicePath);
 string PathName = (string)WMiObject.GetPropertyValue("PathName");

Now if the service is not available then the call wmiObject.getPropertyValue(“PathName”)
will throw the ManagementException..

In my case i need to assign the HardCoded path if the service is not available..
How to achieve that??
Please guide…

Answer 1

You could probably use a try block around your WMiObject.GetPropertyValue call and assign the constant value in the catch block.

string PathName;
try
{
    PathName = (string)WMiObject.GetPropertyValue("PathName");
}
catch (ManagementException)
{
    PathName = "my constant path value";
}