How to run exe program from windows service using c#

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

Hello,
How to run exe program from windows service using c#.
This is mycode:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"E:\PROJECT XL\INI SQLLOADER\ConsoleApplication2\ConsoleApplication2\ConsoleApplication2\bin\Debug\ConsoleApplication2.exe");

When i run this service not happening. Please tell me whats wrong with my code. Thanks

Posted 14-Mar-11 19:58pm

Member 4716271

Add a Solution

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Albin Abel · Answer 1 · 2011-03-14T20:03:00

Solution 1

The service is at the system level. But your application has to run at user level. You need a tweak for that.

To start with follow discussions here.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/267838/how-can-a-windows-service-execute-a-gui-application[^]

An additional point you may try to run your console app as admin

Posted 14-Mar-11 20:03pm

Albin Abel

Updated 14-Mar-11 20:08pm

v2

Comments

Member 4716271 15-Mar-11 2:36am

Thanks fou your answer, When i link url to Subverting Vista UAC in Both 32 and 64 bit Architectures[^]

and run this program not problem, but when i run this code into windows server 2003 problem.

Albin Abel 15-Mar-11 2:39am

You may raise this question in the comment space of this article. He may able to give better answer