How can I show a Notification Area Balloon and Icon from a Windows Service?

Question

I have a Windows Service that is always running when the user starts their workstation. This Windows Service is critical and I would like to show a Balloon Notification in t

Answer 1

If you just want to send a simple command to your Windows service you can send it a message from your user app in the following way.

ServiceController myService = new ServiceController("YOUR Service Name");
myService.ExecuteCommand(123); // do something;

If you override the OnCustomCommand method in you class the extends ServiceBase. You could then use this command to trigger the service to do somthing like reload a config file, or switch to some state.