Register windows service

To change this setting to Manual , run the Services applet from Control Panel. Then change the Startup value to Manual. A service set to Manual can be started in one of several ways:. Use the Sc.

For more information on installing and removing a user-defined service, see the Srvany. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. InteropServices namespace:. Add the following code to MyNewService. Before you run a Windows service, you need to install it, which registers it with the Service Control Manager.

Add installers to your project to handle the registration details. In the Design view, select the background area, then choose Add Installer from the shortcut menu. By default, Visual Studio adds a component class named ProjectInstaller , which contains two installers, to your project. These installers are for your service and for the service's associated process.

Add text to the Description property, such as A sample service. This text appears in the Description column of the Services window and describes the service to the user.

Add text to the DisplayName property. This text appears in the Display Name column of the Services window. This name can be different from the ServiceName property, which is the name the system uses for example, the name you use for the net start command to start your service.

Set the StartType property to Automatic from the drop-down list. When you're finished, the Properties windows should look like the following figure:.

Set the Account property to LocalSystem from the drop-down list. The LocalSystem account has broad permissions, including the ability to write to the event log. Use this account with caution, because it might increase your risk of attacks from malicious software. For other tasks, consider using the LocalService account, which acts as a non-privileged user on the local computer and presents anonymous credentials to any remote server.

This example fails if you try to use the LocalService account, because it needs permission to write to the event log. For more information about installers, see How to: Add installers to your service application. Before you decide to add startup parameters, consider whether it's the best way to pass information to your service. Although they're easy to use and parse, and a user can easily override them, they might be harder for a user to discover and use without documentation.

Generally, if your service requires more than just a few startup parameters, you should use the registry or a configuration file instead. A Windows service can accept command-line arguments, or startup parameters. When you add code to process startup parameters, a user can start your service with their own custom startup parameters in the service properties window. However, these startup parameters aren't persisted the next time the service starts.

To set startup parameters permanently, set them in the registry. Under each service's subkey, use the Parameters subkey to store information that your service can access. You can use application configuration files for a Windows service the same way you do for other types of programs. For sample code, see ConfigurationManager. It is a database containing the network locations of service instances. A service registry needs to be highly available and up to date.

Clients can cache network locations obtained from the service registry. A service registry is a database for the storage of data structures for application-level communication. No public installer with the RunInstallerAttribute. Yes attribute could be found in the. Remove InstallState file because there are no installers — Nick. Hi, I tried this solution but its giving exception as " Is there any difference between installutil in 'Framework' and 'Framework64'?

Cataklysim You do have to use the full path, unless you added it to the path environment variable. Show 3 more comments.

Nothing wrong with SC Create command. Thomas Ayoub Sid Sid 4, 1 1 gold badge 16 16 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. Moreover, this doesn't depends on the. NET Framework being installed and works with any kind of file, not just.

NET binaries. ParamvirSinghKarwal — Urk. If using powershell to run this command note that SC is an alias for Set-Content. Writing SC. Not only is this the ONLY correct answer, but the comment about it only being available to Windows Server is completely incorrect. I hope that CaptainDashenka will remove that comment in order not to mislead anyone.

It is available, at least under Windows 10 Professional, but you must enter sc. Documentation is here: docs. Dhanuka Dhanuka 7, 6 6 gold badges 65 65 silver badges bronze badges. InstallUtil returns -1 if the command fails. Perform the following: Start up the command prompt CMD with administrator rights. Base33 Base33 3, 2 2 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. CMedina 3, 3 3 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges.