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Properly stopping a .net windows service

How can I stop a vb.net windows service from within the code and have the service show as stopped in the WMI?  For example, if I am looking for a config file on startup and don't find it, I just want to stop the service.  I tried the code below, and it does stop executing the code in the DoWork routine (because the event log doesn't get wriitten to anymore), but the service still shows as started in the WMI.
Public Class TestService
 
    Private _worker As New Worker()
 
    Protected Overrides Sub OnStart(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim wt As System.Threading.Thread
        Dim ts As System.Threading.ThreadStart
        ts = AddressOf _worker.DoWork
        wt = New System.Threading.Thread(ts)
        wt.Start()
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub OnStop()
        _worker.StopWork()
    End Sub
 
 
    Public Class Worker
 
        Private m_thMain As System.Threading.Thread
        Private m_booMustStop As Boolean = False
        Private m_rndGen As New Random(Now.Millisecond)
 
        Public Sub StopWork()
            m_booMustStop = True
            If Not m_thMain Is Nothing Then
                If Not m_thMain.Join(100) Then
                    m_thMain.Abort()
                End If
            End If
        End Sub
 
        Public Sub DoWork()
            Dim TestCounter As Integer = 0    'we'll stop the the service after we loop through twice
            m_thMain = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread
            Dim i As Integer = m_rndGen.Next
            m_thMain.Name = "Thread" & i.ToString
            While Not m_booMustStop
                TestCounter += 1
                System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry("EmptyService", "Start work: " & m_thMain.Name)
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10000)
                System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry("EmptyService", "Finish work: " & m_thMain.Name)
                If TestCounter > 1 Then StopWork()
            End While
        End Sub
    End Class
 
End Class

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Thanks shahprabal.  I tried the code below and it is kind of working.  The service still shows as Started in the WMI (even if you refresh the list or exit WMI and come back in) but if you try to stop the service through the WMI, you get a windows message box saying they service could not be stopped due to an internal error.  It is like the service really is stopped but WMI does not know it.

Is the code below what you would typically use?
Dim Services() As ServiceController = ServiceController.GetServices
For Each service As ServiceController In Services
   If service.ServiceName = "Test" Then
      service.Stop()
      Exit For
   End If
Next

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1) Check the value of service.CanStop
This should be true else the service is created such that it can't be stopped.
2) Add this line after service.Stop()
service.Refresh()
3) Then check the status property value:
service.Status()