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Lubomir - 14 Sep 2007 21:56 GMT

Hi,

I would like to ask how can I with C# find out the service name on
non-English Windows OS.

Thanks,

Lubomir

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Alberto Poblacion - 15 Sep 2007 07:52 GMT

> I would like to ask how can I with C# find out the service name on
> non-English Windows OS.

ServiceController.GetServices() returns an array of ServiceController
objects that represent all the services running in the computer.
Each ServiceControler has the properties ServiceName and a DisplayName.
DisplayName is the one that should be localized for different language
versions.

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Lubomir - 16 Sep 2007 20:18 GMT

Thanks fro answer.

My problem is, that I need to find some particular service. For exmaple I
need to work with "Network Service" and I need to pass its name to some
function.

If U run a non English version of OS, the name if this service will not be
"Network Service". So when I use the method you recommended, I gte a list of
non-english names. How I will know, which one of them is "Network Service" ?

I think I should be able to find any particular service by his SID. This SID
I guess is the same on all Windows OS. So using this SID I would get the
"Network Service" name is the particular localized language.

I don't know how to work with SIDs in C#. I didn't find any methods that
would use it for returning a service name.

Regards,

Lubomir

> > I would like to ask how can I with C# find out the service name on
> > non-English Windows OS.
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> DisplayName is the one that should be localized for different language
> versions.

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Alberto Poblacion - 16 Sep 2007 20:36 GMT

> My problem is, that I need to find some particular service. For exmaple I
> need to work with "Network Service" and I need to pass its name to some
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> non-english names. How I will know, which one of them is "Network Service"
> ?

The idea is that you have the two properties ServiceName and a DisplayName.
While DisplayName is different in different languages, ServiceName is not.
ServiceName is supposed to be the same in all the versions of the OS.

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Doug Semler - 16 Sep 2007 21:10 GMT

> Thanks fro answer.
>
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> I don't know how to work with SIDs in C#. I didn't find any methods that
> would use it for returning a service name.

Network Service is a windows account name, not a service name. Services are
"background processes" that have a non localized "Service Name" and a
localized "Display Name".

When looking for services, you use the "Service Name" because that does not
change across different localizations. However, the Display Name can be
(not necessarily is) different accross the different localizations.

That being said, if you want to get the "name" of the Network Service
account, you could do something like
using System.Security.Principal;
...

SecurityIdentifier id = new
SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.NetworkServiceSid, null);
NTAccount acct = (NTAccount)id.Translate(typeof(NTAccount);
string networkServiceAccountName = acct.Value;

I don't know if that final result is localized or not (I cannot remember
offhand). However, the first line creates the SID representation of the
account. I don't know what you'd want to do with this particular account
name, since you originally asked about finding services, not accounts.

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Lubomir - 17 Sep 2007 22:42 GMT

Thanks for help.

Lubomir

> > Thanks fro answer.
> >
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> account. I don't know what you'd want to do with this particular account
> name, since you originally asked about finding services, not accounts.

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Arnshea - 16 Sep 2007 20:34 GMT

> Hi,
>
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>
> Lubomir

You may be able to use WMI - select * from Win32_Service then check
the pathname? (assuming this doesn't vary from language to language).

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