1. Navigate to the windows service project.
\n2. From toolbar, select Project –> Properties
\n3. Set “Output type:” dropdown to “Console Application”
\n4. Open Program.cs, locate Main method, and add the following:<\/p>\n
static void Main(string[] args)
\n {
\n \/\/to test and debug
\n if (Environment.UserInteractive)
\n {
\n YourWinService serviceHb = new YourWinService(args);
\n serviceHb.TestStartupAndStop(args);
\n }
\n else
\n {
\n var servicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
\n {
\n new YourWinService(args)
\n };
\n ServiceBase.Run(servicesToRun);
\n }
\n }<\/p>\n
5. Navigate to your service code and add the following method:<\/p>\n
internal void TestStartupAndStop(string[] args)
\n {
\n this.OnStart(args);
\n Console.ReadLine();
\n this.OnStop();
\n }<\/p>\n
6. Set breakpoints and run as console app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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