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

Just put your debugger lunch anywhere and attach Visualstudio on startup

#if DEBUG
    Debugger.Launch();
#endif

Also you need to start VS as Administatrator and you need to allow, that a process can automatically be debugged by a diffrent user (as explained here):

reg add "HKCR\AppID{E62A7A31-6025-408E-87F6-81AEB0DC9347}" /v AppIDFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 8 /f