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copied!<p>Here is a class I use when writing services. I usually have an interactive screen that comes up when the service is not called. From there I use the class as needed. It allows for multiple named instances on the same machine -hence the InstanceID field</p> <p>Sample Call</p> <pre><code> IntegratedServiceInstaller Inst = new IntegratedServiceInstaller(); Inst.Install("MySvc", "My Sample Service", "Service that executes something", _InstanceID, // System.ServiceProcess.ServiceAccount.LocalService, // this is more secure, but only available in XP and above and WS-2003 and above System.ServiceProcess.ServiceAccount.LocalSystem, // this is required for WS-2000 System.ServiceProcess.ServiceStartMode.Automatic); if (controller == null) { controller = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController(String.Format("MySvc_{0}", _InstanceID), "."); } if (controller.Status == System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Running) { Start_Stop.Text = "Stop Service"; Start_Stop_Debugging.Enabled = false; } else { Start_Stop.Text = "Start Service"; Start_Stop_Debugging.Enabled = true; } </code></pre> <p>The class itself</p> <pre><code>using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Diagnostics; using Microsoft.Win32; namespace MySvc { class IntegratedServiceInstaller { public void Install(String ServiceName, String DisplayName, String Description, String InstanceID, System.ServiceProcess.ServiceAccount Account, System.ServiceProcess.ServiceStartMode StartMode) { //http://www.theblacksparrow.com/ System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessInstaller ProcessInstaller = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessInstaller(); ProcessInstaller.Account = Account; System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller SINST = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller(); System.Configuration.Install.InstallContext Context = new System.Configuration.Install.InstallContext(); string processPath = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName; if (processPath != null && processPath.Length > 0) { System.IO.FileInfo fi = new System.IO.FileInfo(processPath); String path = String.Format("/assemblypath={0}", fi.FullName); String[] cmdline = { path }; Context = new System.Configuration.Install.InstallContext("", cmdline); } SINST.Context = Context; SINST.DisplayName = String.Format("{0} - {1}", DisplayName, InstanceID); SINST.Description = String.Format("{0} - {1}", Description, InstanceID); SINST.ServiceName = String.Format("{0}_{1}", ServiceName, InstanceID); SINST.StartType = StartMode; SINST.Parent = ProcessInstaller; // http://bytes.com/forum/thread527221.html SINST.ServicesDependedOn = new String[] { "Spooler", "Netlogon", "Netman" }; System.Collections.Specialized.ListDictionary state = new System.Collections.Specialized.ListDictionary(); SINST.Install(state); // http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/43/219565.aspx using (RegistryKey oKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(String.Format(@"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{0}_{1}", ServiceName, InstanceID), true)) { try { Object sValue = oKey.GetValue("ImagePath"); oKey.SetValue("ImagePath", sValue); } catch (Exception Ex) { System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(Ex.Message); } } } public void Uninstall(String ServiceName, String InstanceID) { //http://www.theblacksparrow.com/ System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller SINST = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller(); System.Configuration.Install.InstallContext Context = new System.Configuration.Install.InstallContext("c:\\install.log", null); SINST.Context = Context; SINST.ServiceName = String.Format("{0}_{1}", ServiceName, InstanceID); SINST.Uninstall(null); } } } </code></pre>

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