ServiceOnset is an exciting utility to help you to run one or more programs as single windows service. Is it cool? The most typical usage is for Node.js, COW, regular jobs and so on.
ServiceOnset is a wrapper program implemented as a windows service. So it enables some of foreground applications started before login.
Known Issue #7. ServiceOnset currently CANNOT support an UI-based program because of the session 0 isolation problem on Win2008 or above. Only added Interop.cs as a preparation for further enhancement.

Windows operation with Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

• Clone and build the solution with VisualStudio, or DOWNLOAD the binary package directly.

log4net.config
log4net.dll
ServiceOnset.exe
ServiceOnset.exe.json

• Start a command line with Administrator privilege.
• Navigate to the directory of the binary package.
• Run C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe ServiceOnset.exe to install the service.
• Optional. If you got an error like below (Issue #3), please right-click ServiceOnset.exe file and click Unblock button in the program's property window.

Exception occurred while initializing the installation:
System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly '...\ServiceOnset.exe' or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515).

• Change the config of ServiceOnset as you want. Refer to ServiceOnset.exe.json
• Optional. Change the config of log4net if you want assign a dedicated logger for a service. Refer to log4net Config

<log4net>
  <root>
    <appender-ref ref="Default" />
  </root>
  <appender name="Default" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <file value="logs/log" />
    <appendToFile value="true" />
    <rollingStyle value="Date" />
    <datePattern value="yyyyMMdd&quot;.log&quot;" />
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
    </layout>
  </appender>
</log4net>

• Open windows services manager and start ServiceOnset service. Or directly execute net start ServiceOnset.
• Enjoy ~

1. Stop the service net stop ServiceOnset if it is running.
2. Start a command line with Administrator privilege.
3. Navigate to the directory of the binary package.
4. Run C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe /u ServiceOnset.exe to remove the service.
5. Clean up the directory.

{
	"enableLog": true,
	"services": [
		{
			"name": "PingBaidu",
			"command": "ping",
			"arguments": "www.baidu.com",
			"workingDirectory": "",
			"runMode": "interval",
			"intervalInSeconds": 10,
			"useShellExecute": false,
			"killExistingProcess": false,
			"enableLog": true
		},
        {
            "name": "mywin_AppPath",
            "command": "mywin",
            "killExistingProcess": true
        },
        {
			"name": "mywin_RelativePath",
            "command": "test\\mywin.exe",
            "runMode": "interval",
			"killExistingProcess": true
		}
	]
}

1. Make sure cow.exe or cow-hide.exe or cow-taskbar.exe with rc.txt can work.
2. Extract ServiceOnset binary package to COW directory. And config like this:

{
	"enableLog": true,
	"services": [
		{
			"name": "COW",
			"command": "cow.exe"
		}
	]
}

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