Using C# to Restart a Windows Service.

RestartService.cs

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Diagnostics;


namespace RestartService
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                string serviceToRestart = args[0]; // Set Service Name
                Console.WriteLine("Begining Restart of " + serviceToRestart);
                RestartService(serviceToRestart, 60000); // Restart Service w/60 Seconds for Timeout
            } catch (Exception e)
            {
                // Log Error Message
                using (EventLog eventLog = new EventLog("Application"))
                {
                    eventLog.Source = "RestartServiceConsole";
                    eventLog.WriteEntry(e.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error, 101, 1);
                }
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }

        public static void RestartService(string serviceName, int timeoutMilliseconds)
        {
            ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
            try
            {
                int millisec1 = Environment.TickCount;
                TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

                service.Stop();
                Console.WriteLine("Stopping " + serviceName + ".............");
                service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, timeout);

                // count the rest of the timeout
                int millisec2 = Environment.TickCount;
                timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds - (millisec2 - millisec1));

                service.Start();
                Console.WriteLine("Starting " + serviceName + ".............");
                service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout);
            } catch( Exception e )
            {
                // Log Error Message
                using (EventLog eventLog = new EventLog("Application"))
                {
                    eventLog.Source = "RestartServiceConsole";
                    eventLog.WriteEntry(e.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error, 101, 1);
                }
                Console.WriteLine("Error Restarting " + serviceName);
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}