Questions tagged [spwindowsservice]

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How to use SPWindowsService

From what I understand from the sparse documentation on MSDN, the way to do long running jobs in SharePoint is to use a SPWindowsService. I would like an example on how to create a custom windows service to run in the context of a SharePoint farm.
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Hosting ASP.NET Core application in Windows Service with Single Executable gives wrong working directory path always

I have hosted ASP.Net core 3.1 application in Windows Service. It works fine and I am able to navigate to pages. Now i am trying to change deployment as single executable file from "Produce single file" option in Publish settings. after this I…
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Service Starts, but The Program does not Run

We've created a new hosted service using .NET Core 3.1 and the WorkerService template. We want to run this service as a "Windows Service". If I run the program manually using a Powershell shell, it runs fine with no problems. So I then added it as a…
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Where can I find a good description on how to use COM with Windows Services?

I'm looking to pass parameters into a Windows Service not only upon launch but while it's still running as well. I've heard the best way to do this would be through the COM but I have no idea where to even get started. Are there any good places you…
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