Vista - How to retrieve service name at runtime

I have a Windows service that we need to have multiple instances running. We
achieve this by using InstallUtil Service.exe /name="SomeServiceName". I
need to know the name of the instance of the service that is running at
runtime, the name displayed in the Services UI. If I examine ServiceName at
runtime I do not get the name assigned by InstallUtil that is shown in the
services UI nor do I get the default name assigned by the ServiceInstaller
class. Is there some way to retrieve this information at runtime?

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Hello,

By InstallUtil, I assume you mean the Installer Tool (Installutil.exe) -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...95(VS.90).aspx. However, this
tool does not have the '/name' argument. If I have misunderstood you,
please let me know.

For a windows service with multi-instance running at the same time, we can
use WMI Win32_Service
class(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...18(VS.85).aspx) to
query the DisplayName of a service by specifying the Process ID of the
running service. And I write a code snippet:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Management; // Add System.Management as reference to the
project.

{
// Get process ID of current running service instance
int Pid = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;

ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(
"root\\CIMV2", "SELECT DisplayName FROM Win32_Service WHERE
ProcessId = " + Pid);

foreach (ManagementObject queryObj in searcher.Get())
{
String displayName = queryObj["DisplayName"].ToString();
break;
}

Debug.WriteLine( "Display name of the current service: " + displayName
);
}

Please try the code above and let me know if it does not help you you need
any other help.

Best regards,
Feng Chen
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Sorry I had missed your reply.

I tried the code and it does work as you said.

BTW we added the parameter ‘name’ to change the display name of the service .

Thank you for your help.


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