使用sc create开始时Windows程序无法运行

Question

I have created a program which is supposed to run as Windows service, starting automatically on boot.

Also i have created a starter, which should create a service and then stop.

Starter is ran as administrator.

I call this system command from a starter:

system("sc create MyApp binpath= /*full path*/ type= own start= auto DisplayName= MyService");

system("sc start MyApp");

Then Windows says that service creation successful.

However, the program which should run as service just doesn't start!

After the "sc start" command the console shows nothing for a while, Task Manager shows "Starting", and later console says

"Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion".

I tried running a command like this, showed in another post here on StackOverflow:

sc create SERVICENAME binPath= "**cmd /c** c:\programlocation\program.exe"

However, then it says:

StartService Failed 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

So the **cmd /c** thingy doesnt work.

How to make it work, and please only Windows native tools, no external programs.

Answer 1

You could do something like this:

Native C++ Windows Service

But I'd switch to C++/CLI and port the following code examples from C#:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessInstaller

Or, even better yet, just do the Windows Service part of your code in C# ... it's much easier than rolling your own in C++.