How to force reboot Windows 7 from inside a C# Windows Service

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I need to (force) reboot Windows from inside a Windows Service written in C#. The ordinary way of doing it, from a desktop application, shutdown.exe, will probably not work at all? I assume I cannot run an EXE file from inside a service..

possible duplicate of [Reboot machine from a C#/WPF app](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1215139/reboot-machine-from-a-c-wpf-app) — Michal Hosala, Oct 15 '14 at 13:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 01:30

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Look at the Win32 API InitiateSystemShutdown() and/or InitiateSystemShutdownEx() function.

Also refer to this MSDN article: Shutting Down.

answered Jun 25 '13 at 01:30

Remy Lebeau

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 19:40

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I have tested it, but it does not work inside a Windows Service, it seems..

answered Jun 25 '13 at 19:40

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How to force reboot Windows 7 from inside a C# Windows Service

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