Why my C# does not have System.ServiceProcess Library?

user1535147 picture user1535147 · Nov 4, 2013 · Viewed 33.6k times · Source

This is the code. I just wanna test the library of System.ServiceProcess library.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.ServiceProcess;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hi");
            var srv = new ServiceController("MyService");
            Console.WriteLine("MyService Status {0}", srv.Status);
            if (srv.Status != ServiceControllerStatus.Running)
                srv.Start();
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000000);
        }
    }
}

However, when I run the C# code, its says:

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'ServiceProcess' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

What went wrong?

Answer

Soner Gönül picture Soner Gönül · Nov 4, 2013

The System.ServiceProcess namespace belongs to System.ServiceProcess.dll and it isn't added as a reference by default.

For this, in the solution window, right click on "References" and choose "Add Reference..". Go to the .NET tab, and double click on System.ServiceProcess.dll.

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This assembly is probably in the folder C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727.