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You can use email to send them a link with instructions, but a server cannot initiate any real-time communication with a client machine. &nbsp;That's just a limitation of the <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/11271/Understanding-Client-Server-Protocols-and-Web-Applications.html" rel="ugc">HTTP protocol</a>.
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Create a scheduled task that will restart the service, periodically for example. How do you determine that the service needs a restart? We would have to know when to additionally trigger the task or have a php page create a file that is used to start the task.
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Just create a .bat file on their desktop with that command, then teach your client to right-click on it and choose &quot;Run as administrator&quot;.<br />
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HTH,<br />
Dan
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can we know why the service should be restarted by design?
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Bing... the service allows them to communicate with me among other things... &nbsp;It is supposed to run all the time forever... sometimes something causes it to die.<br />
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The service monitors their computer, runs updates, etc.<br />
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This is for a managed service application.<br />
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They'll know to restart the service when our icon isn't showing in the task bar.
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IMPO I would try debugging the code of the given service rather than bothering on regularly restarting it as a quick fix.
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I agree with Bing. &nbsp;I'm not against restarting the service but the items in my task bar almost Never quit or die.
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Consensus is to figure out why the service ever stops. &nbsp;That question is beyond the scope of this question.
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I have written a Windows service that periodically needs to be restarted.<br />
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This service has been installed onto customer computers.<br />
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Is there a way, via a php webpage, to start the service?<br />
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What I am ultimately looking for is a very simple way of getting the customer to restart the service outside of reboot their computer.<br />
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If I was on site I'd:<br />
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Type in CMD and &quot;run as administrator&quot;<br />
Then approved the request &quot;run as administrator&quot; request<br />
Then type in &quot;net start serviceName&quot;<br />
Then close the command prompt<br />
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This can be daunting to explain to my customers so I thought if there was a way to send them a link...<br />
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Intuitively I'd think this isn't possible... <br />
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Any thoughts or ideas?
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I have written a Windows service that periodically needs to be restarted.

This service has been installed onto customer computers.

Is there a way, via a php webpage, to start the service?

What I am ultimately looking for is a very simple way of getting the customer to restart the service outside of reboot their computer.

If I was on site I'd:

Type in CMD and "run as administrator"
Then approved the request "run as administrator" request
Then type in "net start serviceName"
Then close the command prompt

This can be daunting to explain to my customers so I thought if there was a way to send them a link...

Intuitively I'd think this isn't possible... 

Any thoughts or ideas?

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