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copied!<p>I have a Windows service MyService (implemented in C#) that runs as NetworkService. MyService needs to start another third-party service TheirService which also runs as NetworkService. Attempt to start TheirService fails with an access denied error when attempted from MyService using this code:</p> <pre><code> public static bool StartService(string serviceName, TimeSpan timeout) { bool started = false; try { using (ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(serviceName)) { if (sc != null) { sc.Refresh(); if (sc.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running) { // Stop service Trace.TraceInformation("Util.StartService Stopping service '{0}'...", serviceName); sc.Stop(); } sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, timeout); sc.Refresh(); // Start service Trace.TraceInformation("Util.StartService Starting service '{0}'...", serviceName); sc.Start(); sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout); sc.Refresh(); started = (sc.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running); } } } catch (Exception e) { Trace.TraceError("Util.StartService Exception occurred while starting service '{0}'.\n{1}\n{2}", serviceName, e.Message, e.StackTrace); } Trace.TraceInformation("Util.StartService Service '{0}' restarted? {1}", serviceName, started); return started; } </code></pre> <p>TheirService's SID info:</p> <pre><code>C:\>sc showsid TheirService NAME: TheirService SERVICE SID: S-1-5-80-3034156332-2544749427-1608259134-1317875859-4063208518 </code></pre> <p>Is there a way to start TheirService from MyService programmatically from C#?</p> <p>EDIT: Goal - As part of MyService installation, I want to be able to restart TheirService.</p>

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