Use nssm or powershell to register a windows service application.
Registering a Windows Service with PowerShell and SC.exe
Example using powershell and sc to register a new windows service.
$serviceName = "PLACEHOLDER"
$exePath = "C:\Path\To\[PLACEHOLDER].exe"
$displayName = "PLACEHOLDER"
$description = "A service for PLACEHOLDER"
New-Service -Name $serviceName -BinaryPathName $exePath -DisplayName $displayName -Description $description -StartupType Automatic
# Set the service to restart on failure
sc.exe failure $serviceName reset= 0 actions= restart/60000/restart/60000/restart/60000
# Verify service configuration
Get-Service -Name $serviceName
sc.exe qc $serviceName
sc.exe qfailure $serviceName
Example C# Console Application for Windows Service
Below is a minimal C# console application that can be registered as a Windows Service. Make sure to add a reference to System.ServiceProcess.
using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Threading;
public class SampleService : ServiceBase
{
private Thread workerThread;
public SampleService()
{
this.ServiceName = "SampleService";
}
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
workerThread = new Thread(DoWork);
workerThread.Start();
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
workerThread?.Abort();
}
private void DoWork()
{
while (true)
{
// Service logic here
Thread.Sleep(10000);
}
}
public static void Main()
{
ServiceBase.Run(new SampleService());
}
}
Note: To debug or run as a console app, you can add a conditional block in
Mainto run as a console when not installed as a service.