Log4net log file is not created after installing windows serivce

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Hello,
Iam using log4net with windows service.
In app.config i have the code like...

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configsections
    section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" 
  configsections
  log4net
    appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"
      file value="ErrorLog\Log.txt" 
     
      appendtofile value="true" 
      rollingstyle value="Size" 
      maxsizerollbackups value="5" 
      maximumfilesize value="10MB" 
      staticlogfilename value="true" 
      layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"
        conversionpattern value="%date [%thread] %level %logger - %message%newline%exception" 
layout
    appender
    root
      priority value="ALL" 
      appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" 
    root
log4net

It's working fine.The log file is created in debug folder in service,if i install and run the service it's not working.
Even <file value="C:\ErrorLog\Log.txt"> is working fine in both.
Thanks for any help

Posted 25-Nov-13 0:16am

njdcjk

Updated 19-Sep-20 20:44pm

Herman<T>.Instance

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ZurdoDev 25-Nov-13 7:36am

Please click improve question and fix your code.

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2013-11-26T06:11:00

Solution 1

Windows services start up in the WIN\SYSTEM32 directory, so before initializing log4net set the CurrentDirectory to System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location

Posted 26-Nov-13 6:11am

Mehdi Gholam

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njdcjk 27-Nov-13 0:17am

how to set that

Mehdi Gholam 27-Nov-13 11:18am

Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(path);

sharath19846 · Answer 2 · 2020-09-19T20:45:00

I am not able to write logs to the file using log4net in .net core console app after making it as windows service, could you please let me know the reason, following is my config file

<configuration>
<log4net debug="true">
<root>
<level value="ALL">
<appender-ref ref="console">
<appender-ref ref="file">

<appender name="console" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender" requirepermission="false">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionpattern value="%date %level %logger - %message%newline">

<appender name="file" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender" requirepermission="false">
<file value="C:\ProgramData\Test\IC2Alarm\">
<staticlogfilename value="true">
<appendtofile value="true">
<rollingstyle value="Composite">
<datepattern value="_dd-MM-yyyy".log"">
<maxsizerollbackups value="200">
<maximumfilesize value="5MB">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionpattern value="%date [%property{ApplicationProcessId}] [%thread] %level %logger - %message%newline">