C / C++ / MFC

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{   
 // Create the service object
    CTestService CustomServiceObject;

    if (!AfxWinInit(::GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL, ::GetCommandLine(), 0))
    {
        std::cerr << "MFC failed to initialize!" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }

    // Parse for standard arguments (install, uninstall, version etc.)
    if (! CustomServiceObject.ParseStandardArgs(argc, argv)) 
    {
        // StartService() calls ::StartServiceCtrlDispatcher() 
    // with the ServiceMain func and stuff
        CustomServiceObject.StartService();
    }

    // When we get here, the service has been stopped
    return CustomServiceObject.m_Status.dwWin32ExitCode;
}

// static member function (callback) to handle commands from the
// service control manager
void CNTService::Handler(DWORD dwOpcode)
{
    // Get a pointer to the object
    CNTService* pService = m_pThis;

    pService->DebugMsg("CNTService::Handler(%lu)", dwOpcode);
    switch (dwOpcode) {
    case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP: // 1
        pService->SetStatus(SERVICE_STOP_PENDING);
        pService->OnStop();

    // ..
    // .. 
    // other event handling
    // ..
    // ..
}

void CTestService::OnStop()
{
    m_sListener.ShutDown(2);
    m_sConnected.ShutDown(2);

    MessageBox(NULL, "After Shutdown", NULL, IDOK); 

    m_sConnected.Close();

    MessageBox(NULL, "Closed connected socket", NULL, IDOK); 

    // crashes here when I try to stop through service manager
    // but if I run as console application works fine and terminates successfully
    m_sListener.Close();

    MessageBox(NULL, "Closed listener socket", NULL, IDOK); 

    ::PostThreadMessage(m_dwThreadID, WM_QUIT, NULL, NULL);

    MessageBox(NULL, "After PostThreadMessage", NULL, IDOK);
}