Create Program.cs

csharp/Dotnetservice/Program.cs

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+using System.ServiceProcess
+
+public static class Program
+{
+    #region Nested classes to support running as service
+    public const string ServiceName = "MyService";
+
+    public class Service : ServiceBase
+    {
+        public Service()
+        {
+            ServiceName = Program.ServiceName;
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
+        {
+            Program.Start(args);
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnStop()
+        {
+            Program.Stop();
+        }
+    }
+    #endregion
+    
+    static void Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        if (!Environment.UserInteractive)
+            // running as service
+            using (var service = new Service())
+                ServiceBase.Run(service);
+        else
+        {
+            // running as console app
+            Start(args);
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop...");
+            Console.ReadKey(true);
+
+            Stop();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static void Start(string[] args)
+    {
+        // onstart code here
+    }
+
+    private static void Stop()
+    {
+        // onstop code here
+    }
+}