ServiceController.GetDevices Method (String)
.NET Framework (current version)
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Retrieves the device driver services on the specified computer.
Assembly: System.ServiceProcess (in System.ServiceProcess.dll)
Parameters
- machineName
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Type:
System.String
The computer from which to retrieve the device driver services.
Return Value
Type: System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[]An array of type ServiceController in which each element is associated with a device driver service on the specified computer.
Exception | Condition |
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Win32Exception | An error occurred when accessing a system API. |
ArgumentException | The machineName parameter has invalid syntax. |
GetDevices returns only the device driver services from the specified computer. To retrieve the non-device driver services or services that are not drivers, call the GetServices method. Together, the two methods provide access to all the services on a computer.
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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