RE: Check if Service Exists?

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<DarrellWesley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> DOn't know if this the correct way or not but it's what one of our
> programs is doing to see if a Service is installed.
>
> '
> ' Check to see if VNC is installed
> '
> Dim scServices() = ServiceController.GetServices()
> Dim i As Integer = 0
>
> While i < scServices.Length
> 'MessageBox.Show(scServices(i).DisplayName)
> If scServices(i).DisplayName = "VNC Server" Then
> m_bVNC = True
> End If
> i = i + 1
> End While

Thank you - I was hoping to avoid looping through all my services. I was
sort of expecting that .NET would throw an error if it tried to create
an non-existing service.

i.e. New ServiceController("NoSuchService")

But it doesn't.

In anycase, the GetServices method way will work just fine for me.

Thank you : )


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