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# ServicesControl.Restart Method

Namespace: VitNX3.Functions.WinControllers
Assembly: VitNX3 (in VitNX3.dll)
Restarts the service.
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    public static ServiceStatus Restart(
       string serviceName
    )

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#### Parameters

serviceName
  string

The service name.

#### Return Value

ServiceStatus

A ServiceStatus.

Source code
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    public static ServiceStatus Restart(string serviceName)
     {
         int index = 0;
         try
         {
             ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
             TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
             if (service.Status != ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped)
             {
                 service.Stop();
                 service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped,
                     timeout);
                 index = index + 1;
             }
             else
                 return ServiceStatus.CONFLICT_RESTARTED;
             if ((service.Status != ServiceControllerStatus.Running)
                 && (index > 0))
             {
                 service.Start();
                 service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running,
                     timeout);
                 index = index + 1;
                 return ServiceStatus.RESTARTED;
             }
             else
                 return ServiceStatus.CONFLICT_RESTARTED;
         }
         catch { return ServiceStatus.UNKNOWN_ERROR; }
     }

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Applies to

#### .NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8

#### .NET Core

Supported in: 5.0+, 6.0+
See Also
ServicesControl Class
VitNX3.Functions.WinControllers Namespace