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Boomerang
Boomerang

Reputation: 812

Cannot start service from the command line or debugger

I've created a windows service and installed it on a server. It appears to work fine ie doing what its meant to do. But when I log on to the server through remote desktop I get this message:

Cannot start service from the command line or debugger. A windows Service must first be installed(using installutil.exe) and then started with the ServerExplorer, Windows Services Administrative tool or the NET START command.

I click on and then go to the services explorer to check the service, its started ok. No errors reported.

I've installed this so it uses Local System as "Log On As".

Thanks.

Upvotes: 31

Views: 55542

Answers (3)

fresko
fresko

Reputation: 2062

Press CTRL-ALT-CANC (*), and go to Services tab. There is a list of services, search the one you need to start, select it and click "start". If it's not there, maybe it was uninstalled, not (correctly?) installed, or for some other reason your service is not known by Windows.

(*) or CTRL-ALT-DEL(ete) or others, depending by the keyboard language.

Upvotes: -4

TuanDPH
TuanDPH

Reputation: 491

Goto App.config

Find

<setting name="RunAsWindowsService" serializeAs="String">
<value>True</value>

Set to False

Upvotes: -4

Jeroen Kok
Jeroen Kok

Reputation: 846

Change the Main method in Program class as follows:

    /// <summary>
    ///   The main entry point for the application.
    /// </summary>
    private static void Main()
    {
        var myService = new MyService();
        if (Environment.UserInteractive)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Starting service...");
            myService.Start();
            Console.WriteLine("Service is running.");
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop...");
            Console.ReadKey(true);
            Console.WriteLine("Stopping service...");
            myService.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine("Service stopped.");
        }
        else
        {
            var servicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] { myService };
            ServiceBase.Run(servicesToRun);
        }
    }

You have to add a Start method to your service class:

    public void Start()
    {
        OnStart(new string[0]);
    }

Change the output type of the project to 'Console Application' instead of 'Windows Application' in the 'Application' tab of the project properties. Now you can just press F5 to start debugging but you can still run the executable as a Windows Service.

Upvotes: 43

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