automatically stopping a Windows Service

[caulker]

how can a windows service terminate itself?

I have a windows service that reads in configuration settings from an XML
file, but I'd like the service to automatically stop if it doesn't find a
particular element in the XML file.

 

[Mohamoss]

Hi caulker
Check this source code sample about managing windows services
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/winservicemanage.asp
Mohamed Mahfouz
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