Just wondering if I can in vb.net have a service that also runs as a windows forms application as the same .exe file, and if so how I can do this.

I used to do this in vb6 - basically if you ran my vb6 exe and the service was not installed it would ask you to install the service (which was the same exe file it wouldn't extract anything).
It would then run as a service and if the exe was opened after the service was installed it would open up an interface that interacts with the service.

Also if it is possible to do something like this in .net I assume that i could somehow show an interface directly from the service rather than creating another process that interacts with the running service?

Thanks in advance
Kris