How to pass a parameter to a windows service once and for all at install instead of each start

Question

We have a Windows Service application that can accept command line parameters like:

MyService -option 

So far, when we want to start the

Answer 1

Arguments passed on the command-line via ImagePath are accessible in main() or via GetCommandLine(). You could install with command-line args and then in your ServiceMain, check to see if any arguments were passed in the lpszArgs parameter. If not, call GetCommandLine and see if any were passed that way.