windows-services

I want to install a Windows service using a Windows command prompt (not the Visual Studio command prompt). How do I do this? Navigate to the installutil.exe in your .net folder (for .net 4 it's C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 for example) and use it to install your service, like this: "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe" "c:\myservice.exe" Nothing wrong with SC Create command. Just you need to know the correct args : SC CREATE "MySVC" binpath= “D:\Me\Services\MySVC\MySVC.exe" Dhanuka777 If the directory's name has a space like c:\program files\abc 123 ,

I am trying to run a file watcher over some server path using windows service. I am using my windows login credential to run the service, and am able to access this "someServerPath" from my login. But when I do that from the FileSystemWatcher it throws: The directory name \someServerPath is invalid" exception. var fileWatcher = new FileSystemWatcher(GetServerPath()) { NotifyFilter=(NotifyFilters.LastWrite|NotifyFilters.FileName), EnableRaisingEvents=true, IncludeSubdirectories=true }; public static string GetServerPath() { return string.Format(@"\\{0}", FileServer1); } Can anyone please help

I have to run a process ie a application on windows shutdown, is there any method to delay the windows shutdown and run the application in windows service... protected override void OnShutdown() { // Add your save code here // Add your save code here StreamWriter str = new StreamWriter("D:\\Log.txt", true); str.WriteLine("Service stoped due to on" + DateTime.Now.ToString()); str.Close(); base.OnShutdown(); } I have used function above which overrides the shutdown and i was able to write a log entry to a text file but i was not able to run an application after that On searching i found that the

I have a Windows service that runs as mydomain\userA. I want to be able to run arbitrary .exes from the service. Normally, I use Process.Start() and it works fine, but in some cases I want to run the executable as a different user (mydomain\userB). If I change the ProcessStartInfo I use to start the process to include credentials, I start getting errors - either an error dialog box that says "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application.", or an "Access is denied" Win32Exception. If I run the process-starting code from the command-line