https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/tags/service/Recent content in Service on Remko's BlogHugoen-usWed, 28 Nov 2012 12:20:40 +0000https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2012/11/28/get-process-id-of-a-running-service/Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:20:40 +0000https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2012/11/28/get-process-id-of-a-running-service/<p>Sometimes you need to know the Process Id (PID) of a running service. Since Windows 2003 you can use the tasklist.exe tool with the /SVC switch. But how to do this programmatically?</p> <p>The <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684941%28VS.85%29.aspx">QueryServiceStatusE</a>x API returns a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685992(v=vs.85).aspx">SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS</a> structure that contains the PID.</p>