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elisa
elisa

Reputation: 743

c# windows service process.start

I did create a windows service. Can I add in the OnStart(string[]args] method the Process.Start - used to open another executable. Will it work? I want to create an windows service application that opens an executable file (foor example cmd where i can add my own commands to open a notepad file . Thx

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2873

Answers (2)

Felice Pollano
Felice Pollano

Reputation: 33242

It works, but the rights the process run, as well as the resources it can see are the same as the wiundow service ( ie Local System Account ) if you don't change the defaults. This could make the difference or not, depends on what the executable do. If the executable has to show some UI you will experience troubles since by default the servcie does not see the user desktop. The same happen if you need to see a mapped network drive. In general it works if the executable is some batch that does not requires th econnected user profile right/resources.

Upvotes: 1

Ta01
Ta01

Reputation: 31610

You would have to allow the service to interact with the desktop (under service properties in Services mgr), but is sometimes considered a bad practice. Note, this is made difficult in Windows 2008 and above because of Session 0 isolation.

Upvotes: 4

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