Retrieve a List of the Services Running on your Computer using C# or VB.NET

The ServiceController class can be used to retrieve a list of the services running on your computer. The GetServices() can be used to do so. Here’s an example to list the services that are running on your machine

Add a reference to System.ServiceProcess.

Then write the following code:

C#

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    try
    {
        ServiceController[] sController = ServiceController.GetServices();
        foreach (ServiceController sc in sController)
        {
            if (sc.Status.ToString() == "Running")
            {
                Console.WriteLine(sc.ServiceName);
            }
        }
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // handle ex
    }
}
}
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.ServiceProcess

Namespace ConsoleApplication1
Friend Class Program
Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
  Try
   Dim sController() As ServiceController = ServiceController.GetServices()
   For Each sc As ServiceController In sController
        If sc.Status.ToString() = "Running" Then
                Console.WriteLine(sc.ServiceName)
         End If
   Next sc
   Console.ReadLine()
   Catch ex As Exception
        ' handle ex
    End Try
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace

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