Question

write a c# console application app that reads all the services in the task manager and automatically saves what was read in a Notepad txt file.  Please make sure that this program runs, also add some comments

Answer 1

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using System;
using System.ServiceProcess; //for fetching services
using System.IO; //for writing to file

class FetchServices
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //getting an array of ServiceController objects which are the services currently
            //installed on this computer            
            ServiceController [] services = ServiceController.GetServices();
            //opening a file named services.txt for writing. change the file path or name
            //if you want to.
            string filename="services.txt";
            StreamWriter writer=new StreamWriter(filename);
            //looping through each service in the array
            for(int i=0;i<services.Length;i++){
                //if service is currently running, writing the name of service to the
                //output file. if you want to write all services instead of currently
                //running ones, remove the if statement and use only the below line
                //writer.WriteLine(services[i].DisplayName);
                if(services[i].Status==ServiceControllerStatus.Running){
                    writer.WriteLine(services[i].DisplayName);
                }
                
            }
            //closing the writer, saving changes
            writer.Close();
            //alerting user to check services.txt and exiting
            Console.WriteLine("services list has been written to the file: "+filename+", please check.");
        }
    }

/*generated services.txt file screenshot (partial)*/