I need to write robust code in .NET to enable a windows service (server 2003) to restart itself. What is the best way to so this? Is there some .NET API to do it?
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I need to write robust code in .NET to enable a windows service (server 2003) to restart itself. What is the best way to so this? Is there some .NET API to do it?
Set the service to restart after failure (double click the service in the control panel and have a look around on those tabs – I forget the name of it). Then, anytime you want the service to restart, just call
Environment.Exit(1)(or any non-zero return) and the OS will restart it for you.