View source for Working with Windows Services in C Sharp

Taken from : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/178147/how-can-i-verify-if-a-windows-service-is-running
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using System.ServiceProcess;

ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(SERVICENAME);

switch (sc.Status)
{
:case ServiceControllerStatus.Running:
::return "Running";
:case ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped:
::return "Stopped";
:case ServiceControllerStatus.Paused:
::return "Paused";
:case ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending:
::return "Stopping";
:case ServiceControllerStatus.StartPending:
::return "Starting";
:default:
::return "Status Changing";
}