Question

I need to check and see if the “Server” service is running. Easy enough, using a method like this: How can I verify if a Windows Service is running

The problem comes in when the OS installation is not English. For example on a Windows installation, the “Server” service is known as “Serveur”. Obviously I don’t want to hardcode separate languages into my app. Anyone have any good ideas for doing this cleanly?

Answer 1

Test out the following code and see what results you get, you may be surprised…

using System.ServiceProcess;

var controller = new ServiceController("LanmanServer");

Console.WriteLine(controller.ServiceName); // <- this is the unique name

Console.WriteLine(controller.DisplayName); // <- this is subject to change