Trouble starting service

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Hi, I am very new to creating Windows services and I am encountering one issue. Every time I start my service, nothing happens. So when I check my event log, I only get this message "Service cannot be started. The service process could not connect to the service controller". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Posted 6-Oct-14 6:30am

Pierre3557

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[no name] 6-Oct-14 12:39pm

You will get the error if you try and run your program from visual studio. Services need to be installed so the service manager can find them.

[no name] 6-Oct-14 12:50pm

I did install it on the service manager, I started the service and then when nothing happened I checked the event viewer and saw that message...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Oct-14 13:14pm

Not enough information, I would say. I would start with the simplest possible service before adding any useful functionality, just to make sure your workflow works. It's still not too late to do.
—SA

ZurdoDev 6-Oct-14 13:43pm

You'll have to add some logging to your application.

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Jatinath · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-07T05:01:00

Hi,

try this to debug error.
in Program.cs; Main() function add this code
project solution configuartion set to "DEBUG" mode.
// //****** FOR DEBUG SERVICE
#if(!DEBUG)
ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
{
new RService() // your service operation class instance
};
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
#else
RService myServ = new RService();// your service operation class instance
myServ.CheckProcessRunning();// your service operation
#endif
//// ****** FOR DEBUG SERVICE

Regards,

Jatinath Jadhav