[RESOLVED] Windows Services

[stavris]

Hi everyone,

I have written a windows service that is meant to launch a notepad when a specific action happens.

The problem i have is that even though the service launches notepad, the actual notepad it self is NOT visible.

I know that it has been launced because i can see the process in the task manager.

By the way the process is listed as a SYSTEM process rather than a process under my user name (i believe that is because my process is a "LocalSystem" one).

Does anyone know why the notepad does not become visible?

Cheers,

--Stav.

[jmcilhinney]

Your service is not running under your user, so any programs it starts are not displayed on your user's desktop. Why would a Windows service run notepad anyway?

[stavris]

Hi and thanks for the reply,

Actually what i am trying to do is run another application that i have written that displays an interface but that was not working either so i thought i should try with a simple notepad first and see if i could make that work.

Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this issue?
I have tried to make my service a user service but when i try to install it:

If i set the user name and password to "nothing" i get prompted for them and then the installation fails
If i set values to the user name and password (in the InitializeComponent) i get a message saying:
"The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed"

Again thanks for the reply,

Cheers,

--Stav.

[jmcilhinney]

http://blogs.msdn.com/bclteam/archiv...15/396428.aspx

Read the final caveat at the bottom.

[stavris]

Fantastic that worked!!!

Thank you very much!!!

--Stav.