How can I start my Topshelf service after installation?

Question

I have a Topshelf service that is working great. It installs with Automatic startup and I can start/stop the service just fine. My problem is that the service requires a user to start it initially.

Is there a standard way of starting the service immediately after installation?

Answer 1

Minimally, run the service from the command line with the start verb after it has been installed, eg,

.\MyService.exe start

Note that you'll probably want to do this from a command prompt running in administrative mode, which is consistent with how you typically install software on Windows systems. For more discussion, see the answer here .

Refer to the command line documentation here for other helpful commands.