Watch this video, I had the same question. He shows you how to debug the service as well. Here are his instructions using the basic C# Windows Service template in Visual Studio 2010/2012. You add this to the Service1.cs file: You change your Main() to call your service this way if you are in the … Read more
Though I haven’t personally tested, I have good reason to believe that the above stated AT COMMAND solution will work for XP, 2000 and Server 2003. Per my and Bryant’s testing, we’ve identified that the same approach does not work with Vista or Windows Server 2008 — most probably due to added security and the … Read more
In VS – project properties – in the Build tab – platform target =X86
You can use the services console, clicking on the left hand side and then selecting the “Connect to another computer” option in the Action menu. If you wish to use the command line only, you can use
There may be several causes which lead to the service being stuck in “marked for deletion”. SysInternals’ Process Explorer is opened. Closing it should lead to automatic removal of the service. Task Manager is opened. Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is opened. To ensure all instances are closed, run taskkill /F /IM mmc.exe. Services console is … Read more
Take a look at the System log in Windows EventViewer (eventvwr from the command line).You should see entries with source as ‘Service Control Manager’. e.g. on my WinXP machine,
Right click in the service in Window Services and go to Properties. Then go to Log On tab and select Local System account. Click on Ok button and start the service.
Check the InnerException property of the TypeInitializationException; it is likely to contain information about the underlying problem, and exactly where it occurred.
You should be able to uninstall it using sc.exe (I think it is included in the Windows Resource Kit) by running the following in an “administrator” command prompt: where <service name> is the name of the service itself as you see it in the service management console, not of the exe. You can find sc.exe in the … Read more
Goto: Registry-> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> System-> CurrentControlSet-> Services. Find the concerned service & delete it. Close regedit. Reboot the PC & Re-install the concerned service. Now the error should be gone.