How do you programmatically turn off the Windows XP Print Spooler service in C#

Question

I need to write a small console app (patch) that turns off the print spooler service, does a few things, then starts the print spooler service. I'd like to write this in C#. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can probably do that using the ServiceController class :

ServiceController controller = new ServiceController("Spooler");
controller.Stop();
...
controller.Start();

Answer 2

net start spooler
net stop spooler

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/864/windows-service-managing-through-command-line/

Answer 3

I suspect you use the ServiceController class to control (i.e. to stop and start) the service whose name is spooler.