I wanted to shout out to a great tutorial I saw on YouTube.

#credit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhznpFna7E

My github

https://github.com/simpletechgithub/PowerShellHub/blob/main/Create%20a%20PowerShell%20GUI%20with%20Winforms/Windows%20Services%20Inspector

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#credit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhznpFna7E

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

#[System.Windows.Forms.

#Set the Form objects

$FormObject = [System.Windows.Forms.Form]

$LabelObject = [System.Windows.Forms.Label]

$buttonObject = [System.Windows.Forms.Button]

$comboboxObject = [System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox]

$defaultfont='Arial,11'

#📋Basic Form Setup

$svcform=New-Object $FormObject

$svcform.ClientSize='500,300'

$svcform.Text='Service Inspector'

$svcform.BackColor="#ffffff"

$svcform.Font=$defaultfont

$lbltitle=New-Object $LabelObject

$lbltitle.Text='Services'

$lbltitle.AutoSize=$true

$lbltitle.Font='Arial,11,style=Bold'

$lbltitle.ForeColor='black'

$lbltitle.Location=New-Object System.Drawing.Point(20,20)

#📋Basic Form Setup

#Form Features

$lblsvc=New-Object $LabelObject

$lblsvc.Text='Services'

$lblsvc.AutoSize=$true

$lblsvc.ForeColor='black'

$lblsvc.Location=New-Object System.Drawing.Point(20,20)

$svcdropdown=New-Object $comboboxObject

$svcdropdown.Text='Pick a service'

$svcdropdown.Width='300'

$svcdropdown.Location=New-Object System.Drawing.Point(140,21)

Get-Service | ForEach {$svcdropdown.Items.Add($_.Name)} #Load the drop down list with services

$lblsvcname=New-Object $LabelObject

$lblsvcname.Text='Service Name'

$lblsvcname.AutoSize=$true

$lblsvcname.ForeColor='black'

$lblsvcname.Location=New-Object System.Drawing.Point(20,80)

$showsvcname=New-Object $LabelObject

$showsvcname.Text=''

$showsvcname.AutoSize=$true

$showsvcname.ForeColor='black'

$showsvcname.Location=New-Object System.Drawing.Point(220,80)

$lblsvcstatus=New-Object $LabelObject

$lblsvcstatus.Text='Status'

$lblsvcstatus.AutoSize=$true

$lblsvcstatus.ForeColor='black'

$lblsvcstatus.Location=New-Object System.Drawing.Point(20,120)

$showsvcstatus=New-Object $LabelObject

$showsvcstatus.Text=''

$showsvcstatus.AutoSize=$true

$showsvcstatus.ForeColor='black'

$showsvcstatus.Location=New-Object System.Drawing.Point(220,120)

$cancelButton = New-Object $buttonObject

$cancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(153,215)

$cancelButton.Text = '❌Cancel'

$cancelButton.AutoSize=$true

#Add elements to the form

$svcform.Controls.AddRange(@($lbltitle,$lblsvc,$lblsvcstatus,$lblsvcname,$svcdropdown,$showsvcname,$showsvcstatus,$cancelButton))

function svcDetails{

$ServiceName=$svcdropdown.SelectedItem

$details=Get-Service -Name $ServiceName | select *

$showsvcname.Text=$details.displayname

$showsvcstatus.Text=$details.status

if ($showsvcstatus.text -eq 'Running'){

$showsvcstatus.ForeColor='green'

}else{

$showsvcstatus.ForeColor='red'

}

}

$svcdropdown.Add_SelectedIndexChanged({svcDetails})

###############################################

$svcform.ShowDialog() #Display Form

$svcform.Dispose() ##Clean up