windows-services

I need to set up a PHP script as a windows service. I need it to run regardless of which user is logged in, and on system start up - so it sounds like a windows service is best, but am happy to hear other suggestions. (This script runs continuously, it's not a "run every 5 mins" thing I could use the Scheduled Task Manager for.) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251192 covers using the sc.exe program to install your service. But from what I've read, I need to have a wrapper round the PHP script to accept the special commands from the windows service manager. Can anyone help with this? rodneyrehm

Here's my Windows/.NET security stack: A Windows Service running as LocalSystem on a Windows Server 2003 box. A .NET 3.5 Website running on the same box, under "default" production server IIS settings (so probably as NETWORKSERVICE user?) On my default VS2008 DEV environment I have this one method, which gets called from the ASP.NET app, which works fine: private static void StopStartReminderService() { ServiceController svcController = new ServiceController("eTimeSheetReminderService"); if (svcController != null) { try { svcController.Stop(); svcController.WaitForStatus

I have some services that an application needs running in order for some of the app's features to work. I would like to enable the option to only start the external Windows services to initialize after the application is launched. (as opposed to having them start automatically with the machine and take up memory when the application is not needed) I do not have access to the exe's code to implement this, so ideally I would like to write a C# .Net Windows service that would monitor when an exe is launched. What I've found so far is the System.IO.FileSystemEventHandler. This component only

Currently I have to uninstall the old version of my service before I install the new version. I am pretty sure this has something to do with it not being smart enough to update or remove the old service entries before adding the new ones. Is there a way to have the installer skip registering the service if it already exists? (I can assume the installation folder and service name do not change between versions.) Also, is there a way to automatically stop the service when uninstalling? Edit: I am using MSI packages and the Visual Studio setup project. I've done this with WiX, which generates

As in the following link, one can stop, start, and "stop, then start" a service using C# code. http://www.csharp-examples.net/restart-windows-service/ I have baked a .NET service that does implement OnStart and OnStop . However, I need to implement a "smart restart" functionality which is more involved than just stopping and then starting. I need to keep the downtime to just a few seconds if that (but Stop + Start can take minutes in this case when done cleanly, and I must do it cleanly), and having some parts of the system available while others are rebooting/refreshing. Long story short -

The following is my Windows service code. When I am debugging the code, I am getting the error/ exception: The type initializer for 'CSMessageUtility.CSDetails' threw an exception. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Linq; using System.ServiceProcess; using System.Text; using System.IO; using System.Threading; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Forms; using CSMessageUtility; namespace CS_Data_Trasmmiting_Service { public partial class svcCSWinServ : ServiceBase { //private string

I set up NGINX as a front end server for static content and I use Apache as a back-end server for other thing. The thing is I can't find a logical answer that allows me to make nginx.exe a Windows system service (like my Apache). Any come across an answer to this? How to do it with Windows Service Wrapper (Note: There are easier alternatives by now - see also solutions described here below using chocolatey package manager by suneg and using NSSM directly from Adamy ) Download the latest version of Windows Service Wrapper via github or nuget . Current version as of this writing is v2.2.0 Since

How do I create an installer for a Windows Service that I have created using Visual Studio? In the service project do the following: In the solution explorer double click your services .cs file. It should bring up a screen that is all gray and talks about dragging stuff from the toolbox. Then right click on the gray area and select add installer. This will add an installer project file to your project. Then you will have 2 components on the design view of the ProjectInstaller.cs (serviceProcessInstaller1 and serviceInstaller1). You should then setup the properties as you need such as service