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Roka545
Roka545

Reputation: 3626

FileNotFoundException when running a Windows Service

I have a project in Visual Studio that generates an executable. I've created a Windows Service from that executable. Whenever I run it, it fails with the following error:

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

After looking at Windows Event Viewer, I've found out that I'm getting a FileNotFoundException which is located at the working directory of the project. This is the portion that opens the file:

using (StreamReader file = File.OpenText("configSet.json"))
{
    JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
    configSet = (ConfigSet)serializer.Deserialize(file, typeof(ConfigSet));
}

This works perfectly fine whenever I run the service in Visual Studio or from the command prompt. For some reason this doesn't work when I try to start it as a Windows Service.

I've also found out that hard-coding the path to the file works fine when starting it up as a Windows Service.
I would like to avoid this and use the relative path if possible (so I don't have to perform a code check to determine if I'm running the service from Visual Studio, a command prompt, or as a Windows Service).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1842

Answers (1)

Samvel Petrosov
Samvel Petrosov

Reputation: 7696

You can get the path of the executable by using reflection and set current directory to it. Here is example how to do it:

String path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(path);

Upvotes: 3

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