C# – How to debug Windows services in Visual Studio

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Is it possible to debug the Windows services in Visual Studio?

I used code like

System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();

but it is giving some code error like:

I got two event error: eventID 4096
VsJITDebugger and "The service did
not respond to the start or control
request in a timely fashion."

Best Answer

Use the following code in service OnStart method:

System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();

Choose the Visual Studio option from the pop up message.

Note: To use it in only Debug mode, a #if DEBUG compiler directive can be used, as follows. This will prevent accidental or debugging in release mode on a production server.

#if DEBUG
    System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();
#endif

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