Open an exe automatically Whenever Windows Services Starts

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Dear Friends,

I have created Windows Services and also other windows forms my actual task is to Open an .exe (Windows Forms) automatically Whenever Windows Services Starts.I'm using Windows 7 OS..

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Posted 17-Sep-13 18:55pm

Lohithmys86

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This sounds like a "cart before the horse" problem. Windows Services start when the machine boots, and before any user logs in. If you have a program that has a UI, you pretty much need a user logged in with an active desktop to display the program UI.

There are reasonable exceptions to this but your description is not complete and likely can't be done.

Posted 17-Sep-13 19:12pm

H.Brydon

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Bernhard Hiller · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-17T21:07:00

Beyond the information given in solution 1, also note that a Windows Service MUST NOT interact directly with a user session. With Windows 7, that is a strict rule, called "session 0 isolation" (different from XP where it was still possible with some settings - though already discouraged). Consequently, that program with a GUI would be visible to nobody at all.
When a logged in user wants to interact with a service, some other technologies like .Net Remoting, WCF, etc. can be used.