SERVICES.MSC get service status using C#

Description:

Following code can be used to get service (services.msc) status using C#:

static string checkservice(string SERVICENAME)

{

    ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(SERVICENAME);

    switch (sc.Status)

    {

        case ServiceControllerStatus.Running:

            return "Running";

        case ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped:

            return "Stopped";

        case ServiceControllerStatus.Paused:

            return "Paused";

        case ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending:

            return "Stopping";

        case ServiceControllerStatus.StartPending:

            return "Starting";

        default:

            return "Status Changing";

    }

}