windows-services

Here's the scenario: You have a Windows server that users remotely connect to via RDP. You want your program (which runs as a service) to know who is currently connected. This may or may not include an interactive console session. Please note that this is the not the same as just retrieving the current interactive user. I'm guessing that there is some sort of API access to Terminal Services to get this info? Magnus Johansson Here's my take on the issue: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace EnumerateRDUsers { class

I have a service that sometimes calls a batch file. The batch file takes 5-10 seconds to execute: System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); // Declare New Process proc.StartInfo.FileName = fileName; proc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; proc.Start(); proc.WaitForExit(); The file does exist and the code works when I run the same code in-console. However when it runs inside the service, it hangs up at WaitForExit() . I have to kill the batch file from the Process in order to continue. (I am

I need to start a program from Windows Service. That program is a user UI application. Moreover that application should be started under specific user account. The problem is that a Window Services run in session #0, but a logged in user sessions are 1,2 etc. So the question is: how to start a process from a window service in such a way that it run in currently logged in user's session? I'd emphasis on that the question is not about how to start a process under specific account (it's obvious - Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("..") { UserName=..,Password=..})). Even if I install my windows

I have 3 projects in my VS solution. One of them is a Web app, the second one is a Windows Service and the last one a Setup project for my Web app. What I want is by the end of the installation of the web app in my setup project, within my custom action to try and install my windows service given that I have the location of the assembly by then. I found several errors in the code that you reused and have fixed these and also cleaned it up a little. Again, the original code is taken from here . public static class ServiceInstaller { private const int STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = 0xF0000; private

How can I run an EXE program from a Windows Service using C#? This is my code: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"E:\PROJECT XL\INI SQLLOADER\ConsoleApplication2\ConsoleApplication2\ConsoleApplication2\bin\Debug\ConsoleApplication2.exe"); When I run this service, the application is not starting. What's wrong with my code? Cody Gray This will never work , at least not under Windows Vista or later. The key problem is that you're trying to execute this from within a Windows Service, rather than a standard Windows application. The code you've shown will work perfectly in a Windows Forms, WPF, or

I have an application in C# (2.0 running on XP embedded) that is communicating with a 'watchdog' that is implemented as a Windows Service. When the device boots, this service typically takes some time to start. I'd like to check, from my code, if the service is running. How can I accomplish this? I guess something like this would work: Add System.ServiceProcess to your project references (It's on the .NET tab). using System.ServiceProcess; ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(SERVICENAME); switch (sc.Status) { case ServiceControllerStatus.Running: return "Running"; case