CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#windows-servicescmd
Hiren H Patel
Hiren H Patel

Reputation: 167

How to execute command in Windows Service?

I want to execute "start [Filename].txt" at fixed interval. So I decide to create windows service. But I am not getting idea to execute this command through windows service. Other logic i have implemented. Just remaining is execute command.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4621

Answers (4)

Dean Kuga
Dean Kuga

Reputation: 12119

Create a PowerShell script and have it executed on schedule by task scheduler...

Upvotes: 2

Grant H.
Grant H.

Reputation: 3717

Process.Start will not accomplish your likely goal if in a Windows Service. It may launch the process....into session 0, so you will never see it. To launch a process from a service that the user can interact with, you will need to create the process in the user session, a pretty non-trivial thing to do from inside a windows service (but certainly possible). You might be best to look at a Windows Scheduled Task as @jglouie suggested.

Upvotes: 0

jglouie
jglouie

Reputation: 12880

Process.Start("filename.txt") will work as @Marco answered

I'm wondering if you could get away with a Windows Scheduled Task instead of a service.

Is that all your service does?

Upvotes: 2

Marco
Marco

Reputation: 57573

I think you can simply use:

Process.Start("filename.txt");

If you need to start that file and wait for it to close or some other particular action, take a look at Process Class.

Upvotes: 4

Related Questions