stop windows service programmatically c# throwing exception

Question

I have a windows service which should stop after some particular date time. I am able to stop the service programmatically using:

try
{
    ServiceController service = new ServiceController(servicename);
        //or
    //ServiceController service = new ServiceController(servicename,computer name);
    service.Stop();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
}
finally
{
ServiceController service = new ServiceController(servicename);
service.Stop();
}

But it throws an exception and does not stop if we remove the finally part.

It stopped only after I used the finally statement but obviously the exception persists. Exception message: Cannot open "Service Name" service on computer '.'

detailed exception: Cannot open Service Control Manager on computer 'computer name'. This operation might require other privileges.

I did refer but it does not help also it is not addresses my problem: Stackoverflow Question

How can I stop the service programmatically without this exception

what is the exception you are getting,please attach that too in your question. — akhil kumar, Apr 16 '15 at 11:33
Application that is trying to stop the service has *Admin privilege* ? — Kurubaran, Apr 16 '15 at 11:33
Can you share some code regarding your service implementation? The code you have here looks fine, looks like the service itself is not reacting properly on the stop command. — Michael Sander, Apr 16 '15 at 11:33
@Kurubaran I have tried http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14501748/cannot-open-window-service-on-computer-in-window-application but does not work — Silver, Apr 16 '15 at 11:37
surely its a matter of privilages.close application and run it as administrator and check. — akhil kumar, Apr 16 '15 at 11:37
@Silver , the first message is Cannot **open** "Service Name" or Cannot **stop** "Service Name"? — Angus Chung, Apr 16 '15 at 13:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 16 '15 at 11:54

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Right click on the program and choose "Run As Administrator". If you are debugging it, ensure the IDE ( ie Visual Studio I suppose ) is opened with "Run as Administrator".

answered Apr 16 '15 at 11:54

Felice Pollano

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '16 at 18:11

When I had this problem I went to the machine in question, and tried to stop the service manually though the interface, and received this pop-up:

I was able to stop the service by finding the task in Task Manager and ending that task. Not sure what exactly hung up the service but this works if you have access to the machine and task manager.

I was able to start the service and use the ServiceController code without any issues after.

stop windows service programmatically c# throwing exception

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