Windows service start failure Cannot start service from the command line or debugger

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hi i m getting this error      Cannot start service from the command line or debugger  A winwows Service must first be installed using installutil exe  and then started with the ServerExplorer  Windows Services Afministrative tool or the NET START command    and i dont understand why im geting this error  And here is my code         string Hash           string connectionstring   ConfigurationManager ConnectionStrings  myConnectionString   ConnectionString      SqlConnection myConnection   new SqlConnection connectionstring       SqlCommand myCommand   new SqlCommand  GetNullHash   myConnection       myCommand CommandType   CommandType StoredProcedure      myConnection Open        SqlDataReader rdr   myCommand ExecuteReader         while  rdr Read                  string filename           rdr GetString 3           filename   System IO Path Combine filename  rdr GetString 2            filename   System IO Path Combine filename  rdr GetString 1            Hash   rdr GetString 0           Hash   computeHash filename              myConnection Close        return Hash

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Your code has nothing to do with the service installation, it is not the problem.

In order to test the service, you must install it as indicated.

For more information about installing your service : Installing and Uninstalling Services

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Goto App config  Find   lt setting name  RunAsWindowsService  serializeAs  String  gt       lt value gt True lt  value gt     lt  setting gt    Set to False

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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   public void onDebug         OnStart null       You change your Main   to call your service this way if you are in the DEBUG Active Solution Configuration    static void Main          if DEBUG       While debugging this section is used      Service1 myService   new Service1        myService onDebug        System Threading Thread Sleep System Threading Timeout Infinite         else       In Release this section is used  This is the  normal  way      ServiceBase   ServicesToRun      ServicesToRun   new ServiceBase                   new Service1               ServiceBase Run ServicesToRun        endif     Keep in mind that while this is an awesome way to debug your service  It doesn t call OnStop   unless you explicitly call it similar to the way we called OnStart null  in the onDebug   function

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I will suggest creating a setup project for the reasons while deploying this seems the best convinience   no headaches of copying files manually   Follow the Windows service setup creation tutorial and you know how to create it  And this instance is for vb net but it is the same for any type

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To install Open CMD and type in  YourServiceName  -i once its installed type in NET START  YourserviceName  to start your service  to uninstall  To uninstall Open CMD and type in NET STOP  YourserviceName  once stopped type in  YourServiceName  -u and it should be uninstalled

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To install your service manually To install or uninstall windows service manually  which was created using  NET Framework  use utility InstallUtil exe  This tool can be found in the following path  use appropriate framework version number   C  WINDOWS Microsoft NET Framework v2 0 50727 InstallUtil exe To install installutil yourproject exe  To uninstall installutil  u yourproject exe  See  How to  Install and Uninstall Services  Microsoft  Install service programmatically To install service programmatically using C  see the following class ServiceInstaller  c-sharpcorner

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