Window services with enhanced features

This blog discuss how window service interact with desktop programmatically.

If you click on the window service and then go to the properties and then go to the tab "log on" there is a option whether you want ur window service to interact with desktop or not. This window service will interact programmatically with desktop.

Here is the sample code

• After adding the serviceInstaller and serviceProcessinstaller. This is the event of projectInstaller, write this code.

private void ProjectInstaller_Committed(object sender, InstallEventArgs e)
{

    serviceController.ServiceName = "Service1";

    ConnectionOptions coOptions = new ConnectionOptions();

    coOptions.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate; 

    ManagementScope mgmtScope = new System.Management.ManagementScope(@"root\CIMV2", coOptions);

    mgmtScope.Connect();

    ManagementObject wmiService;

    wmiService = new ManagementObject("Win32_Service.Name='" + this.serviceController.ServiceName + "'");

    ManagementBaseObject InParam = wmiService.GetMethodParameters("Change");

    InParam["DesktopInteract"] = true; 

    ManagementBaseObject OutParam = wmiService.InvokeMethod("Change", InParam, null);

    this.serviceController.Start();
}