Top "Windows-services" questions

Windows services are background service processes run by the Service Control Manager on Windows NT based operating systems, similar to daemons or UNIX services.

Windows service OnStop wait for finished processing

I actually develop a Windows service in VS 2012 / .NET 4.5. The service is following the scheme of the code snippet below: …

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Communication between Windows Service and Desktop Application

I know that similar questions have been asked before, but even after all my Googling I'm still completely lost. I've …

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How does a Windows service differ from a standard exe?

What's the difference between a Windows service and a standard exe?

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example code: A service calls CreateProcessAsUser() I want the process to run in the user's session, not session 0

I am seeking example code: For a service calls CreateProcessAsUser() I want the process to run in the user's session, …

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Use PowerShell to stop-process, can i bypass confirm?

I'm a powershell newbie, but I often find myself starting and stopping a small group of services when I'm debugging …

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Error 1001 when installing custom Windows Service

I wrote a windows service that runs on Framework 4.0 and running in VS 2015. I also created a setup project (free …

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Can't start Windows service written in Python (win32serviceutil)

I'm trying to start a simple service example: someservice.py: import win32serviceutil import win32service import win32event class …

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GUI and windows service communication

I know since Vista, that C# can't hook a UI form directly to the windows service. This was stated on …

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installing windows service error: cannot open service control manager on computer. this operation might require other privileges

i have windows 8 i have a windows application wrtitten with c# and on visual studio 2013 and want to install this …

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