Get service path from services.msc c#

Question

I'm trying to get service executable path from services.msc

I wrote the next code:

  var service = ServiceController.GetServices().Where(p => p.ServiceName.Equals("Service name", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));
if (service.Any())
//get service data

I couldn`t find where (if at all) the service executable path is located?

In services.msc I can see the path so I'm assuming it also possible to get it through code. Example of service info in services.msc (see that executable path exists there)

Any Ideas?

not sure if it will help this case, but it may help to look at the WindowsAPICodePack ShellFile class and see if it can help access this information — Thewads, Apr 18 '13 at 08:32
[**how to get phyiscal path of windows service using .net?**](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2728578/how-to-get-phyiscal-path-of-windows-service-using-net) and [**A ServiceController Class that Contains the Path to the Executable**](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/26533/A-ServiceController-Class-that-Contains-the-Path-t) — Damith, Apr 18 '13 at 08:36

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '13 at 08:36

You can get it from the registry like so:

private static string GetServiceInstallPath(string serviceName)
{
    RegistryKey regkey;
    regkey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(string.Format(@"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\{0}", serviceName));

    if (regkey.GetValue("ImagePath") == null)
        return "Not Found";
    else
        return regkey.GetValue("ImagePath").ToString();
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '14 at 13:28

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You can use WMI to get full information about your service (local or remote service)

Check the code of ( Services+ on CodePlex ) about how to use WMI

answered Oct 17 '14 at 13:28

Sameh

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 06 '17 at 10:18

Just a bit simplified version of @ChirClayton's code:

public string GetServiceInstallPath(string serviceName) => (string) Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey($@"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\{serviceName}").GetValue("ImagePath");

It doesn't trim possible arguments of service. If they are not required, you can use following:

public string GetServiceInstallPath(string serviceName) 
{
    var imagePath = (string) Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey($@"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\{serviceName}").GetValue("ImagePath");
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imagePath))
        return imagePath;
    if (imagePath[0] == '"')
        return imagePath.Substring(1, imagePath.IndexOf('"', 1) - 1);
    var indexOfParameters = imagePath.IndexOf(' ');
    if (indexOfParameters >= 0)
        return imagePath.Remove(indexOfParameters);
    return imagePath;
}

Get service path from services.msc c#

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