How to monitor windows services using c# -

how can monitor windows services using c# , have save services name, started time , services end time using in csv file. if new services started should automatically write services name, started time , services end time using in existing csv file.

you can list running services using servicecontroller or managementobjectsearcher.

here sample using managementobjectsearcher :

using system.management;  ...  stringbuilder sb = new stringbuilder(); string format = "{0},{1},{2},{3},{4}";  // header line sb.appendformat(format, "displayname",                          "servicename",                          "status",                          "processid",                          "pathname"); sb.appendline();  managementobjectsearcher searcher =             new managementobjectsearcher("select * win32_service");  foreach( managementobject result in searcher.get() ) {     sb.appendformat(format, result["displayname"],                              result["name"],                              result["state"],                              result["processid"],                              result["pathname"]                    );     sb.appendline(); }  file.writealltext(          @"c:\temp\managementobjectsearcher_services.csv",           sb.tostring() ); 

for getting start , stop times looks have query windows event log.

this blog post show how can monitor event log notified when service stopped or started: https://dotnetcodr.com/2014/12/02/getting-notified-by-a-windows-service-status-change-in-c-net/