NET stop (the svc) and NET start (the SVC) commands. You could executefrom within VFP using Run or Shellexecute or CreateProcess(allows you to hide the DOS box that pops up and also wait until finished)...
>Greetings!
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>Has anyone ever stopped and started a windows service from inside their VFP application? We have a need to do this with a service developed in C#/dotnet and my search has drawn a blank so far.
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>Thanks for any information you can provide!