How to Fire Windows Service start event?

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From the thread - Fire windows service stop event I know how to fire an event whenever a system service has stopped.

Now I want to fire an event when a service starts. But I can't find any service control code relating service starting. Is there anther way to implement it?

Any ideas will be appreciated.

Why do you need service start event? – Apurva Saxena Feb 14 '12 at 06:45 — Apurva Saxena, Feb 14 '12 at 06:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

Check out NotifyServiceStatusChange

Enables an application to receive notification when the specified service is created or deleted or when its status changes.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684276(v=vs.85).aspx

SERVICE_NOTIFY_START_PENDING (0x00000002) - Report when the service is starting. The hService parameter must be a handle to the service.

You could also use WMI:

How can I monitor status changes of windows services under windows xp?

How to Fire Windows Service start event?

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