windows-services

I've created a windows service in c#, using Visual Studio 2008 I pretty much followed this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/simplewindowsservice.aspx I created a setup project, as instructed to in the article, and ran it... it installs my service to c:\program files\product etc.... however, it does not then appear in the services list.. What am i missing? The most important part of the article you linked, is here To add a custom action to the setup project 1.In Solution Explorer, right-click the setup project, point to View, then choose Custom Actions. The Custom Actions editor appears. 2

Sometimes while debugging, I need to restart a service on a remote machine. Currently, I'm doing this via Remote Desktop. How can it be done from the command line on my local machine? You can use the services console, clicking on the left hand side and then selecting the "Connect to another computer" option in the Action menu. If you wish to use the command line only, you can use sc \\machine stop <service> You can use mmc: Start / Run. Type "mmc". File / Add/Remove Snap-in... Click "Add..." Find "Services" and click "Add" Select "Another computer:" and type the host name / IP address of the

I want to write a batch file that performs the following operations: Check if a service is running If is it running, quit the batch If it is not running, start the service The code samples I googled so far turned out not to be working, so I decided not to post them. Starting a service is done by: net start "SERVICENAME" How can I check if a service is running, and how to make an if statement in a batchfile? I'm a bit confused. What is the argument I have to pass onto the net start? The service name or its display name? lc. To check a service's state, use sc query <SERVICE_NAME> . For if blocks

I'd like to modify the path to my application, but doing so breaks it because the service still points to the old location. By going to Administrative Tools > Services you can open a properties dialog and view the Path to executable , but there is no way to change it. Is there any way a user can modify the service path without having to reinstall the application ? Niall Connaughton There is also this approach seen on SuperUser which uses the sc command line instead of modifying the registry: sc config <service name> binPath= <binary path> Note: the space after binPath= is important. You can

I have done a lot of searching to find a way to start a GUI application from a windows service on Windows 7. Most of what I have found is that with Windows 7 services now run in a separate user session and can not display any graphical interface to the current user. I'm wondering is there is any kind of workaround or different way of accomplishing something like this? Can the service start a process in a different user session? David Heffernan This change was made for a reason and not simply to annoy developers. The correct approach is to put your UI in a different program and communicate with