Create window service that open notepad while running service

DWORD WINAPI ServiceWorkerThread (LPVOID lpParam)
{
    // Perform the main task of the service here
    OutputDebugString(_T("Always Ready: ServiceWorkerThread: Start"));

        // Launch notepad
    ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), _T("notepad.exe"), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWDEFAULT);
    while (WaitForSingleObject(g_ServiceStopEvent, 0) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
    {
        // Perform main service function here
        // ...
        Sleep(2000); // Simulate some work being done
    }

    OutputDebugString(_T("Always Ready: ServiceWorkerThread: Stop"));

    return ERROR_SUCCESS;
}