Windows Service start from logged in user c#

Question

I made a windows service (which is working), but it is running on the SYSTEM user and I want it to run on my current logged in user.

Here is my service installer class:

[RunInstaller(true)]
class CloudManagerServiceInstaller : Installer
{
    public CloudManagerServiceInstaller()
    {
        var serviceInstaller = new ServiceInstaller();
        var serviceProcessInstaller = new ServiceProcessInstaller();

        serviceProcessInstaller.Account = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceAccount.User;
        serviceProcessInstaller.Username = Environment.MachineName + "\\carl";

        serviceInstaller.DisplayName = "Z";
        serviceInstaller.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual;

        serviceInstaller.ServiceName = "Z";

        this.Installers.Add(serviceInstaller);
        this.Installers.Add(serviceProcessInstaller);
    }

}

And there is my servicebase:

class CloudManagerServiceBase : ServiceBase
{
    public int i = 0;
    private System.Timers.Timer _timer;
    private int m = 2;
    public CloudManagerServiceBase()
    {
        this.ServiceName = "ZSCloudManager";
    }

    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
        base.OnStart(args);

        _timer = new System.Timers.Timer(m * 60 * 1000); // every m minutes
        _timer.Elapsed += _timer_Elapsed;
        _timer.Start(); // <- important



    }

    void _timer_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
    { do work }}

I install the service with the help of another progamm. Can I write the service like that or do I have to follow these instructions -> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/winsdk/archive/2009/07/14/launching-an-interactive-process-from-windows-service-in-windows-vista-and-later.aspx If thats the case then can you please give me a code snippet, because i dont fully understand this.

Answer 1

I gave up doing it manually and made it with the serivice preset from Visual Studio. I just added this to the preset (in the projectInstaller class):

public ProjectInstaller()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    serviceProcessInstaller1.Username = ".\\" + Environment.UserName;
}

And set the Property Account from serviceProcessInstaller to "user". After that you can add your code in the Service class. It works fine for me.