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Converting C# into Powershell with DllImport involved

I've recently been working on a little side project to see if I can get a little memory editing to work with PowerShell. I put together a small script in C# that doesn't require administrative privileges and when ran, gives you max coins and diamonds in Hill Climb Racing.
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace HCRtest2
{
public class Programmmm
{
public static void Main()
{
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern bool WriteProcessMemory(IntPtr hProcess, long lpBaseAddress, byte[] lpBuffer, uint nSize, out uint lpNumberOfBytesRead);
long BaseAddress;
IntPtr ProcessHandle;
Process process = Process.GetProcessesByName("HillClimbRacing")[0];
if (process.Handle.ToInt64() != 0L)
{
BaseAddress = process.MainModule.BaseAddress.ToInt64();
ProcessHandle = process.Handle;
uint num = 0U;
WriteProcessMemory(ProcessHandle, BaseAddress + 0x28CAD4, BitConverter.GetBytes(2147483647), 4U, out num);
WriteProcessMemory(ProcessHandle, BaseAddress + 0x28CAEC, BitConverter.GetBytes(2147483647), 4U, out num);
}
}
}
}
My challenge right now is to see if I can find a way to execute this code on my school laptop which doesn't have admin privileges or access to open unknown executables, but it does have access to PowerShell (nonadmin of course). I've been doing a lot of research but cant find a good way to port this script into PowerShell. If anyone has any good ideas please let me know because this is seriously getting on my nerves right now.

This website provides an answer on how to play c# within a powershell session.
$code = #"
using System;
namespace HelloWorld
{
public class Program
{
public static void Main(){
Console.WriteLine("Hello world!");
}
}
}
"#
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $code -Language CSharp
iex "[HelloWorld.Program]::Main()"

It's been a couple of months of on and off work, but I found out that everything has to be labeled as public and static, and along with that I was missing a method that was required to make sure the process would be properly opened, here's the working code that can be executed in Powershell.
$code = #"
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace HelloWorld
{
public class Program
{
public const int ProcessVMWrite = 0x0020;
public const int ProcessVMOperation = 0x0008;
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool WriteProcessMemory
(
IntPtr hProcess,
long lpBaseAddress,
byte[] lpBuffer,
int nSize,
out int lpNumberOfBytesRead
);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr OpenProcess
(
int dwDesiredAccess,
bool bInheritHandle,
int dwProcessId
);
public static IntPtr Handle;
public static long BaseAddress;
public static void Main(){
Process process = Process.GetProcessesByName("HillClimbRacing")[0];
Handle = OpenProcess(ProcessVMOperation | ProcessVMWrite, false, process.Id);
BaseAddress = process.MainModule.BaseAddress.ToInt64();
int thingy = 0;
WriteProcessMemory(Handle, BaseAddress + 0x28CAD4L, BitConverter.GetBytes(2147483647), 4, out thingy);
WriteProcessMemory(Handle, BaseAddress + 0x28CAECL, BitConverter.GetBytes(2147483647), 4, out thingy);
}
}
}
"#
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $code -Language CSharp
iex "[HelloWorld.Program]::Main()"

How to hide console window? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Show/Hide the console window of a C# console application
(9 answers)
Closed 8 years ago.
csharp isn't my native language but I'm trying to understand how to alter my csharp code so that the console window doesn't appear when I run the executable.
The code i'm using is:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
namespace Foreground {
class GetForegroundWindowTest {
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
public static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder lpString, int nMaxCount);
public static void Main(string[] args){
while (true){
IntPtr fg = GetForegroundWindow(); //use fg for some purpose
var bufferSize = 1000;
var sb = new StringBuilder(bufferSize);
GetWindowText(fg, sb, bufferSize);
using (StreamWriter sw = File.AppendText("C:\\Office Viewer\\OV_Log.txt"))
{
sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd_HH:mm:ss,") + sb.ToString());
}
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
}
}
}
My failed attempt is:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
namespace Foreground {
class GetForegroundWindowTest {
/// Foreground dll's
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
public static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder lpString, int nMaxCount);
/// Console hide dll's
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
const int SW_HIDE = 0;
public static void Main(string[] args){
while (true){
IntPtr fg = GetForegroundWindow(); //use fg for some purpose
var bufferSize = 1000;
var sb = new StringBuilder(bufferSize);
GetWindowText(fg, sb, bufferSize);
using (StreamWriter sw = File.AppendText("C:\\Office Viewer\\OV_Log.txt"))
{
sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd_HH:mm:ss,") + sb.ToString());
}
var handle = GetConsoleWindow();
ShowWindow(handle, SW_HIDE);
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
}
}
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Choose Windows Application instead of Console Application on your project properties.

c# ShowWindow (hWnd, 0) not hiding window

When I compile the below code into an executable and run it, the console windows appears. From the texts that I've read ShowWindow(hWnd,0) should hide the console window, but it doesn't.
This is the below code:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
namespace Foreground {
class GetForegroundWindowTest {
/// Foreground dll's
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
public static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder lpString, int nMaxCount);
/// Console hide dll's
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
const int SW_HIDE = 0;
public static void Main(string[] args){
while (true){
IntPtr fg = GetForegroundWindow(); //use fg for some purpose
var bufferSize = 1000;
var sb = new StringBuilder(bufferSize);
GetWindowText(fg, sb, bufferSize);
using (StreamWriter sw = File.AppendText("C:\\Office Viewer\\OV_Log.txt"))
{
sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd_HH:mm:ss,") + sb.ToString());
}
var handle = GetConsoleWindow();
Console.WriteLine(handle);
ShowWindow(handle, SW_HIDE);
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
}
}
}
Can someone explain to me where the problem in the code is?
Console.WriteLine(handle) was a line put in to show me and you that the program is grabbing the handle, but it just isn't minimising the window to which the handle represents.
Please note: I'd refer a code based answer as opposed to an "alter IDE settings" answer.

Took a while to figure it out but here's the working code.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
namespace Foreground {
class GetForegroundWindowTest {
/// Foreground dll's
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
public static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder lpString, int nMaxCount);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
public static extern bool FreeConsole();
/// Console hide dll's
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
const int SW_HIDE = 0;
public static void Main(string[] args){
while (true){
IntPtr fg = GetForegroundWindow(); //use fg for some purpose
var bufferSize = 1000;
var sb = new StringBuilder(bufferSize);
GetWindowText(fg, sb, bufferSize);
using (StreamWriter sw = File.AppendText("C:\\Office Viewer\\OV_Log.txt"))
{
sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd_HH:mm:ss,") + sb.ToString());
}
var handle = GetConsoleWindow();
Console.WriteLine(handle);
ShowWindow(handle, SW_HIDE);
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
}
}
}

You can also use
private static extern int ShowWindow(int hwnd, int nCmdShow);
to hide a window. This method takes the integer handler of the window (instead of pointer). Using Spy++ (in Visual Studio tools) you can get the Class Name and Window Name of the window which you want to hide. Then you can do as follows
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern int ShowWindow(int hwnd, int nCmdShow);
const int SW_HIDE = 0;
public void hideScannerDialog()
{
// retrieve the handler of the window
int iHandle = FindWindow("ClassName", "WindowName"); //The className & WindowName I got using Spy++
if (iHandle > 0)
{
// Hide the window using API
ShowWindow(iHandle, SW_HIDE);
}
}

C# How to use CallNtPowerInformation with Interop to get SYSTEM_POWER_INFORMATION

I am trying to write a small program that runs as a service and monitors if a user is active or not. If the user is idle (no mouse/keyboard) for an hour, then certain processes are killed. Got it working if run by a user by using the LASTINPUTINFO from user32.dll, but it won't work as a service. Looking further I ran across someone saying to call CallNtPowerInformation with SystemPowerInformation and examine the TimeRemaining member. I'd like to do this but have little experience with interop and was hoping to get a little help/example:
In C# I would import:
[DllImport("powrprof.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern UInt32 CallNtPowerInformation(
Int32 InformationLevel,
IntPtr lpInputBuffer,
UInt32 nInputBufferSize,
IntPtr lpOutputBuffer,
UInt32 nOutputBufferSize
);
I believe then I would need to create a struct for SYSTEM_POWER_INFORMATION to handle the result?
Apologies for the n00bness

You can get the information you need like this:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const int SystemPowerInformation = 12;
const uint STATUS_SUCCESS = 0;
struct SYSTEM_POWER_INFORMATION
{
public uint MaxIdlenessAllowed;
public uint Idleness;
public uint TimeRemaining;
public byte CoolingMode;
}
[DllImport("powrprof.dll")]
static extern uint CallNtPowerInformation(
int InformationLevel,
IntPtr lpInputBuffer,
int nInputBufferSize,
out SYSTEM_POWER_INFORMATION spi,
int nOutputBufferSize
);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
SYSTEM_POWER_INFORMATION spi;
uint retval = CallNtPowerInformation(
SystemPowerInformation,
IntPtr.Zero,
0,
out spi,
Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(SYSTEM_POWER_INFORMATION))
);
if (retval == STATUS_SUCCESS)
Console.WriteLine(spi.TimeRemaining);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
I cannot tell you whether or not this method will give you the information you need when run from a service.

Why won't my solution work to P/Invoke NotifyServiceStatusChange in C#?

I am trying to P/Invoke the NotifyServiceStatusChange event in C# to check when a service has stopped. I managed to get it to compile and run without any errors, but now, when I stop the service, it doesn't seem to want to notify that its dead. Any ideas why that could be? You can test it out by copying this code into a blank console application; just be sure to replace "My Service Name" with your service name (there are two instances of this string below).
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
public delegate void StatusChanged(IntPtr parameter);
public class SERVICE_NOTIFY : MarshalByRefObject
{
public uint dwVersion;
public StatusChanged pfnNotifyCallback;
public IntPtr pContext;
public uint dwNotificationStatus;
public SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS ServiceStatus;
public uint dwNotificationTriggered;
public IntPtr pszServiceNames;
};
public struct SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS {
public uint dwServiceType;
public uint dwCurrentState;
public uint dwControlsAccepted;
public uint dwWin32ExitCode;
public uint dwServiceSpecificExitCode;
public uint dwCheckPoint;
public uint dwWaitHint;
public uint dwProcessId;
public uint dwServiceFlags;
};
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern IntPtr OpenService(IntPtr hSCManager, string lpServiceName, uint dwDesiredAccess);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", EntryPoint = "OpenSCManagerW", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr OpenSCManager(string machineName, string databaseName, uint dwAccess);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern uint NotifyServiceStatusChange(IntPtr hService, uint dwNotifyMask, ref IntPtr pNotifyBuffer);
public static SERVICE_NOTIFY notify;
public static GCHandle notifyHandle;
public static IntPtr unmanagedNotifyStructure;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IntPtr hSCM = OpenSCManager(null, null, (uint)0xF003F);
if (hSCM != IntPtr.Zero)
{
IntPtr hService = OpenService(hSCM, "My Service Name", (uint)0xF003F);
if (hService != IntPtr.Zero)
{
StatusChanged changeDelegate = ReceivedStatusChangedEvent;
notify = new SERVICE_NOTIFY();
notify.dwVersion = 2;
notify.pfnNotifyCallback = changeDelegate;
notify.pContext = IntPtr.Zero;
notify.dwNotificationStatus = 0;
SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS process;
process.dwServiceType = 0;
process.dwCurrentState = 0;
process.dwControlsAccepted = 0;
process.dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
process.dwServiceSpecificExitCode = 0;
process.dwCheckPoint = 0;
process.dwWaitHint = 0;
process.dwProcessId = 0;
process.dwServiceFlags = 0;
notify.ServiceStatus = process;
notify.dwNotificationTriggered = 0;
notify.pszServiceNames = Marshal.StringToHGlobalUni("My Service Name");
notifyHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(notify);
unmanagedNotifyStructure = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((IntPtr)(notifyHandle));
NotifyServiceStatusChange(hService, (uint)0x00000001, ref unmanagedNotifyStructure);
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for the service to stop. Press enter to exit.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
public static void ReceivedStatusChangedEvent(IntPtr parameter)
{
Console.WriteLine("Service stopped.");
}
}
}

If you want to keep the functionality you are attempting at present, you will need to multithread.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public class SERVICE_NOTIFY
{
public uint dwVersion;
public IntPtr pfnNotifyCallback;
public IntPtr pContext;
public uint dwNotificationStatus;
public SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS ServiceStatus;
public uint dwNotificationTriggered;
public IntPtr pszServiceNames;
};
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS
{
public uint dwServiceType;
public uint dwCurrentState;
public uint dwControlsAccepted;
public uint dwWin32ExitCode;
public uint dwServiceSpecificExitCode;
public uint dwCheckPoint;
public uint dwWaitHint;
public uint dwProcessId;
public uint dwServiceFlags;
};
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern IntPtr OpenService(IntPtr hSCManager, string lpServiceName, uint dwDesiredAccess);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", EntryPoint = "OpenSCManagerW", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr OpenSCManager(string machineName, string databaseName, uint dwAccess);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern uint NotifyServiceStatusChange(IntPtr hService, uint dwNotifyMask, IntPtr pNotifyBuffer);
[DllImportAttribute("kernel32.dll", EntryPoint = "SleepEx")]
public static extern uint SleepEx(uint dwMilliseconds, [MarshalAsAttribute(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool bAlertable);
public static SERVICE_NOTIFY notify;
public static GCHandle notifyHandle;
public static IntPtr unmanagedNotifyStructure;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IntPtr hSCM = OpenSCManager(null, null, (uint)0xF003F);
if (hSCM != IntPtr.Zero)
{
IntPtr hService = OpenService(hSCM, "Apache2.2", (uint)0xF003F);
if (hService != IntPtr.Zero)
{
StatusChanged changeDelegate = ReceivedStatusChangedEvent;
notify = new SERVICE_NOTIFY();
notify.dwVersion = 2;
notify.pfnNotifyCallback = Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(changeDelegate);
notify.pContext = IntPtr.Zero;
notify.dwNotificationStatus = 0;
SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS process;
process.dwServiceType = 0;
process.dwCurrentState = 0;
process.dwControlsAccepted = 0;
process.dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
process.dwServiceSpecificExitCode = 0;
process.dwCheckPoint = 0;
process.dwWaitHint = 0;
process.dwProcessId = 0;
process.dwServiceFlags = 0;
notify.ServiceStatus = process;
notify.dwNotificationTriggered = 0;
notify.pszServiceNames = Marshal.StringToHGlobalUni("Apache2.2");
notifyHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(notify, GCHandleType.Pinned);
unmanagedNotifyStructure = notifyHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject();
NotifyServiceStatusChange(hService, (uint)0x00000001, unmanagedNotifyStructure);
GC.KeepAlive(changeDelegate);
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for the service to stop. Press enter to exit.");
while (true)
{
try
{
string keyIn = Reader.ReadLine(500);
break;
}
catch (TimeoutException)
{
SleepEx(100,true);
}
}
notifyHandle.Free();
}
}
}
[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public delegate void StatusChanged(IntPtr parameter);
public static void ReceivedStatusChangedEvent(IntPtr parameter)
{
Console.WriteLine("Service stopped.");
}
}
}
class Reader
{
private static Thread inputThread;
private static AutoResetEvent getInput, gotInput;
private static string input;
static Reader()
{
inputThread = new Thread(reader);
inputThread.IsBackground = true;
inputThread.Start();
getInput = new AutoResetEvent(false);
gotInput = new AutoResetEvent(false);
}
private static void reader()
{
while (true)
{
getInput.WaitOne();
input = Console.ReadLine();
gotInput.Set();
}
}
public static string ReadLine(int timeOutMillisecs)
{
getInput.Set();
bool success = gotInput.WaitOne(timeOutMillisecs);
if (success)
return input;
else
throw new TimeoutException("User did not provide input within the timelimit.");
}
}

Read related question here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/f68fb826-036a-4b9c-81e6-4cbd87931feb/notifyservicestatuschange-not-working-in-c-for-windows-service-notification
Important quote: "the system invokes the specified callback function as an asynchronous procedure call (APC) queued to the calling thread. The calling thread must enter an alertable wait"
I don't remember whether .NET framework 4 uses alertable waiting when you enter Thread.Sleep or some form of Wait on waithandles, even though it uses alertable waiting for asynchronous I/O, for internal timer threads etc.
However just try Thread.Sleep or some flavor of Wait on some waithandle, instead of Console.ReadLine, make sure that your thread is blocked by those APIs at the time when you kill the service. This might do the magic - but, to my knowledge, this is a dangerous way, because .NET runtime does not expect user code to be executed on an APC. At least, try not to use NET framework resources or absolutely any APIs (especially synchronization-related or memory allocation) directly from your callback - just set some primitive variable and quit.
With APCs, the safest solution for you would be to have the callback implemented in some kind of native module, and also scheduled from some non-.NET thread, interoperating with managed code through shared variables, a pipe, or COM interface.
Or, as Hans Passant suggested in another copy of your question, just do polling from managed code. Absolutely safe, easy to implement, guaranteed to work.
Excellent source of relevant information is Joe Duffy's book (he covers a lot of topics, and alertable waits and .NET in particular): http://www.amazon.com/Concurrent-Programming-Windows-Joe-Duffy/dp/032143482X
UPDATE: Just consulted with Joe Duffy's book, yes indeed, scheduling .NET code on an APC may result in deadlocks, access violations and generally unpredictable behavior. So the answer is simple: don't do APC from a managed thread.

Simplified a lot of this from #Motes' answer...(EDIT: I put it into a class that people can use to easily wait for a service to stop; it will block!
Edit Again: Made sure this worked if you force garbage collection with GC.Collect() anywhere in the function...turns out, you DO need the SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS.
Another Edit: Made sure it works if you abort your thread (note on that: can't abort sleeping threads so if you plan to abort this thread...then make sure you give it a timeout at least so the finalizer can run after the timeout hits), also added timeouts. Also ensured mapping 1-to-1 of the OS thread to the current .NET thread.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading;
namespace ServiceAssistant
{
class ServiceHelper
{
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public class SERVICE_NOTIFY
{
public uint dwVersion;
public IntPtr pfnNotifyCallback;
public IntPtr pContext;
public uint dwNotificationStatus;
public SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS ServiceStatus;
public uint dwNotificationTriggered;
public IntPtr pszServiceNames;
};
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS
{
public uint dwServiceType;
public uint dwCurrentState;
public uint dwControlsAccepted;
public uint dwWin32ExitCode;
public uint dwServiceSpecificExitCode;
public uint dwCheckPoint;
public uint dwWaitHint;
public uint dwProcessId;
public uint dwServiceFlags;
};
[DllImport("advapi32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr OpenService(IntPtr hSCManager, string lpServiceName, uint dwDesiredAccess);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr OpenSCManager(string machineName, string databaseName, uint dwAccess);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll")]
static extern uint NotifyServiceStatusChange(IntPtr hService, uint dwNotifyMask, IntPtr pNotifyBuffer);
[DllImportAttribute("kernel32.dll")]
static extern uint SleepEx(uint dwMilliseconds, bool bAlertable);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll")]
static extern bool CloseServiceHandle(IntPtr hSCObject);
delegate void StatusChangedCallbackDelegate(IntPtr parameter);
/// <summary>
/// Block until a service stops, is killed, or is found to be already dead.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serviceName">The name of the service you would like to wait for.</param>
/// <param name="timeout">An amount of time you would like to wait for. uint.MaxValue is the default, and it will force this thread to wait indefinitely.</param>
public static void WaitForServiceToStop(string serviceName, uint timeout = uint.MaxValue)
{
// Ensure that this thread's identity is mapped, 1-to-1, with a native OS thread.
Thread.BeginThreadAffinity();
GCHandle notifyHandle = default(GCHandle);
StatusChangedCallbackDelegate changeDelegate = ReceivedStatusChangedEvent;
IntPtr hSCM = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr hService = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
hSCM = OpenSCManager(null, null, (uint)0xF003F);
if (hSCM != IntPtr.Zero)
{
hService = OpenService(hSCM, serviceName, (uint)0xF003F);
if (hService != IntPtr.Zero)
{
SERVICE_NOTIFY notify = new SERVICE_NOTIFY();
notify.dwVersion = 2;
notify.pfnNotifyCallback = Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(changeDelegate);
notify.ServiceStatus = new SERVICE_STATUS_PROCESS();
notifyHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(notify, GCHandleType.Pinned);
IntPtr pinnedNotifyStructure = notifyHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject();
NotifyServiceStatusChange(hService, (uint)0x00000001, pinnedNotifyStructure);
SleepEx(timeout, true);
}
}
}
finally
{
// Clean up at the end of our operation, or if this thread is aborted.
if (hService != IntPtr.Zero)
{
CloseServiceHandle(hService);
}
if (hSCM != IntPtr.Zero)
{
CloseServiceHandle(hSCM);
}
GC.KeepAlive(changeDelegate);
if (notifyHandle != default(GCHandle))
{
notifyHandle.Free();
}
Thread.EndThreadAffinity();
}
}
public static void ReceivedStatusChangedEvent(IntPtr parameter)
{
}
}
}
Yes! We did it. What a journey it has been.