Easier way to debug a Windows service

Question

Is there an easier way to step through the code than to start the service through the Windows Service Control Manager and then attaching the debugger to the thread? It\'s ki

Answer 1

What I usually do is encapsulate the logic of the service in a separate class and start that from a 'runner' class. This runner class can be the actual service or just a console application. So your solution has (atleast) 3 projects:

/ConsoleRunner
   /....
/ServiceRunner
   /....
/ApplicationLogic
   /....