Run a Windows Service as a console app

Question

I want to debug a Windows service but it pops an error message saying

Cannot start service from the command line or a debugger. A windows service

Answer 1

Please check if you are in "DEBUG" or "RELEASE" mode. I got this error when I was trying to debug the service in "RELEASE" mode. When I changed that to "DEBUG", everything worked fine.

This is after you have correctly installed the service as suggested by other people above.