Question

Created a simple WCF service that basically logs to a db.
the build is fine and created a msi install file for it.
I installed the windows service and start it which works, however when i stop it i get this error:

“Could not stop the service1 service
on local computer. The service did not
return an error. This could be an
internal windows error or an internal
service error. If the problem
persists, contact your system
administrator.”

Answer 1

There are a couple of ways to diagnose this:

If you haven’t already, separate out the implementation of the windows service from the actual service executable. That way you can run / debug the code from a console or forms app easily.

If that doesn’t reveal any answers, add verbose logging to the shutdown method to find out what is happening.