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Asked: 2026-05-26T04:05:59+00:00

I’m trying to run this batch file from a windows service (running as my

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I’m trying to run this batch file from a windows service (running as my own user) and msbuild doesn’t work. Running it directly however, works. I’m getting a buch of “The handle is invalid” on stderr from I presume vcvarsall.bat.

rem Load compilation environment
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
rem Load the All Solutions.sln program
msbuild "C:\AutoBuildCheckout\Other Projects\All Projects\All Projects.sln"
pause

I’m confused. Anyone have any suggestions?

-Isaac

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  1. Editorial Team

    Services in Windows Vista and higher run in a separate desktop, and therefore don’t have access to stdin, stdout, and stderr. (Services can no longer ‘interact with desktop’; you’ll notice that option is missing from the services applet in Control Panel.)

    EDIT: After the comments below… A service IMO is the wrong solution. There are continuous integration products that manage this for you, like Hudson or CruiseControl; I’m sure there are many others. See also Continuous Integration at Wikipedia for more info.

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