Error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion

Question

I have recently inherited a couple of applications that run as windows services, and I am having problems providing a gui (accessible from a context menu in system tray) wit

Answer 1

1. Build project in Release Mode.
2. Copy all Release folder files to source path.
3. Execute Window service using command prompt window in administrative access.
4. Never delete files from source path.

At lease this works for me.