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Asked: 2026-06-03T06:37:48+00:00

I’m trying to stop a running service, with a console program I’ve made. This

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I’m trying to stop a running service, with a console program I’ve made.
This is my code:

ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(ServiceName, ".");
sc.Stop();

I then wait for the service status, to turn into Stopped, but this never happens.
It seems to have StopPending and never goto Stopped.
When I check Services.msc, it is listed as stopped, and in the taskmanager, the process is gone.

Will it stay on Pending forever? Am I doing something wrong?
I have the code for the service aswell, if I need to modify something there.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Am I doing something wrong?

    You may try waiting after stopping the service:

    sc.Stop();
sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(25));

    The WaitForStatus method will wait for the service to reach the specified status or for the specified time-out to expire before returning.

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