Error 5 : Access Denied when starting windows service

Question

I\'m getting this error when I try to start a windows service I\'ve created in C#:

My Code

Answer 1

After banging my had against my desk for a few hours trying to figure this out, somehow my "Main" method got emptied of it's code!

ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] 
{ 
    new DMTestService()
};
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);

Other solutions I found:

• Updating the .NET framework to 4.0

• Making sure the service name inside the InitializeComponent() matches the installer service name property

  private void InitializeComponent()
  ...
  this.ServiceName = "DMTestService";
  

• And a nice server restart doesn't hurt

Szhlopp