Question

• i am using VS 2010 to build a windows service

• i also attach a setup project with this service

• Now, in the service – i have app.config file that has application property. say the name of the application property is “xyz”

• Now, is there any way we can just send someone else the full blown setup files and after the service has been installed – go the place where the service is installed – configure the application properties (xyz in our case) and then from the computer management, start the service?

Answer 1

i got to know that we can use a service config file that takes the form myservicename.exe.config but i ran into the following problem now – Some Services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services

Thanks all for your inputs!