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Articles about developing Windows Services in .NET.
In this article I’ll show how to install and configure a Windows Service, query its status and properties, and then how to uninstall it. I’ll be using the command line utilities installutil.exe and sc.exe to install and configure the service. Add a service installer class to your Windows Service project In order to use installutil.exe … Read more
Relative paths are resolved relative to the current working directory. When you’re running a Windows Service, the default working directory is C:\Windows\system32 or C:\Windows\SysWOW64. Therefore relative paths are resolved from these system folders, which can lead to problems when read/writing files. Here are the most common problems you’ll run into: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a … Read more
When working on a Windows Service project you may want to run it as a Console App so you can see what’s going on. If you try to run the service in Visual Studio you’ll get an error that says: “Cannot start service from the command line or a debugger. A Windows Service must first … Read more
