I had a windows service installed on my computer. I deleted it with
sc delete myservice
Then I recreated it with
sc create collector binpath = "path of service"
but service is not listed under services in control panel.
I tried to recreate the service and got:
[SC] CreateService FAILED 1073:
The specified service already exists.
I am trying to delete the service and getting:
[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:
The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
What is causing the problem and how do I solve it?
Try using installutil instead, this fixed similar problem for me.
I've had issues like that installing/uninstalling services before and often I found that I had the Services MMC open while trying command line operations. Closing it out and attempting the install/uninstall again has worked for me in the past. Not sure if that will aid you but it's something that's helped me many times.
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I have created a Windows Service using ASP.Net Core 3.x and C#. I started with the new Windows Service template when I built the project. When I run it from my development environment or from a console window it runs fine. When I install it as a Windows Service and attempt to start the service I get an
"Error 5: Access is denied." error.
I tried numerous things which I will outline below to eliminate the error but nothing seemed to work so I downloaded the sample app provided by Microsoft, at sample
Same result...when I run the sample app from within Visual Studio it runs fine, when running as a service I get the Access Denied error.
I am running all of this on my local machine, which I am an admin on.
I originally tried to run it using the default Local System account; got the Access Denied error.
I changed the Log On As to my domain account, the same one I use to log into my local machine which is an admin on this machine; got the same Access Denied error.
My account has the privilege set to run as a service.
The Event Viewer just shows the one message which says "Access Denied", no other messages are created.
I believe the Access Denied error is occurring before the C# code is even executed. What makes me believe this is that I added one line to the very top of the Program.Main.... File.WriteAllText("C:\\temp\\ws.log", $"Test of Worker Service # {DateTime.Now}. Content Root Path: {AppContext.BaseDirectory}");. My account has full access to the temp folder. This file gets created when I run the app from Visual Studio but it does not get created when I run the app as a service.
I have read numerous web sites, include this one and this one. No luck, everything I tried from these sites still produce the Access Denied error.
I have run out of ideas and am hoping someone here can provide me the answer. Thanks!
I found the solution and believe me I feel really stupid!!!
When I installed it as a service I only put the path in "binPath".
sc create WindowsService1 binPath="C:\temp".
Once I actually added the executable to the binPath parameter everything worked.
Changed it to sc create WindowsService1 binPath="C:\temp\WindowsService.exe" and it worked.
I know it is an Id10t error but Microsoft should really provide better messaging for the "sc" command. A message like "Cannot find file specified in the binPath parameter" would have been really helpful. Would have saved me about 6 hours of work.
Thanks everyone for reviewing and replying to this question.
When I run this code under my account in Visual Studio debugger
_alprNet = new AlprNet("eu", "openalpr.conf", "runtime_data");
if (!_alprNet.IsLoaded())
{
Tools.LogError("!!! OpenALPR failed to load.");
It works OK and AlprNet loads.
But when I install the Windows service and start this service I get
"!!! OpenALPR failed to load."
with no additional information.
I have all the DLLs and the runtime_data in the folder where my windows service's exe file is installed, exactly the same way as it is in bin\Debug folder.
How to find the reason why AlprNet failed to load?
In case it is useful for anyone:
This line in OnStart method before creating new AlprNet fixed the problem:
System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10385563/2224701
Apparently the non .NET DLLs dependencies could not be solved without this.
I get the following error when trying to start the ASP.NET State Service:
Windows could not start the ASP.NET State Service service on Local Computer.
Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
Everything I found on google told me to go to the %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 folder at the command prompt, and then type the following command: aspnet_regiis.exe -ir
which I did and didn't solve the problem. The path to the executable in my case is 2.0: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_state.exe.
So I tried the same comand on the v2 folder and I get the error:
"An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format".
thanks in advace for any help
As stated here, it's trying to load the 32-bit version while you need the 64-bit. If this is applicable, open RegEdit (own risk and so on) and change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\aspnet_state\ImagePath
from %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_state.exe to %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\aspnet_state.exe.
You not need reinstall this service.
Just find in services "ASP.NET State Server" and start it.
Also you can set up to start this service automaticaly in preferences.
.Net 3.5
I've built into the service exe the ability for it to install itself using a -i feature. I have a custom installer class and am using a common technique on found online here. That installer class basically has it's own service and serviced process installer.
This code has worked well for a very long time. Finally ran into a Win 7 64 bit machine were it refuses to install.
Basically, the log shows it's installing the service and that succeeds. Then it tries to create an event log and that fails with
An exception occurred during the Install phase.
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service already
exists
I just got done having the OS completely reinstalled from scratch, first thing I did was try to install as a service, and it's the same error. Why is it thinking that event log is already there?
I've already read all the other posts and I've browsed my registry and there is nothing in there for my service or event log. I have full admin rights, when I try to open cmd as administrator, it doesn't even prompt me, so as far as I can tell, I am an admin (I can see that in my user profile).
I even added code to check to see if it found the EventLog using System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists which does report it found it, and so I added a call to System.Diagnostics.EventLog.DeleteEventSource but that doesn't help.
I even tried removing the EventLog installer from the ServiceInstaller, but then it starts failing for other reasons.
Any ideas?
Here is some sample code for an alternate installer I tried that I found here with the same results:
public partial class Service1Installer : Installer
{
public Service1Installer()
{
InitializeComponent();
ServiceProcessInstaller process = new ServiceProcessInstaller();
process.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
ServiceInstaller serviceAdmin = new ServiceInstaller();
serviceAdmin.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual;
serviceAdmin.ServiceName = "Service1";
serviceAdmin.DisplayName = "Service1";
serviceAdmin.Description = "Service1";
Installers.Add(serviceAdmin);
Installers.Add(process );
}
}
uninstall your service
installutil /u yourproject.exe
restart your machine
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sd8zc8ha(v=vs.80).aspx
let me know if you still have a issue
Use installutil as #MicahArmantrout mentions, if the exe still resides on disk.
Otherwise, open a commandline as Administrator and execute: sc delete "my service name"
In the end, my problem was our internal installer. I commented it out and now just install the service from the command line and it now installs on 64 bit OS. Still don't know why it would work before on 32 bit.
How to run .NET services from command line?
net start "Sample Service" is not working.
Services are not supposed to be started from command line. First register it (installutil /i service_path) then start with net start or sc start.
Alternatively, create Main entry point in service project and start your logic, so you can test your service from command line. However this won't be real service environment.
Try using sc start
Make sure that you add an installer to your Windows service. You have to do this in order for the InstallUtil.exe utility to work. You can see how to that here.
After you add the installer, InstallUtil.exe can be used to install and uninstall your service.
Install: InstallUtil.exe <YourServiceExecutable>
Uninstall: InstallUtil.exe /u <YourServiceExecutable>
To start and stop your service, use Reed's solution.
If you want to get fancy, you can add some command-line logic to your service that will allow you to do all of this (install-and-start/stop-and-uninstall) directly from your service, i.e., you won't have to use InstallUtil.exe anymore. That solution is here.
You can start or stop a service by calling:
net start "Service Name"
net stop "Service Name"
For details, see this technet article.
This should work, provided the following are true:
The command prompt/user has the appropriate permissions to start the service. This will be required for ANY solution.
The service is installed and registered correctly with the system. My suspicion is that this may be the culprit. Is the service listed under services?