Service restarts automatically after it is manually stopped.

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Service restarts automatically after it is manually stopped.

I have created a windows service in C#.NET that is continuously running. Now when i stop it from the services.msc initially it shows that it has been stopped but after some time when i refresh the services.msc it shows as started again. I also checked in the task manager at the same time, i see that the exe of my application gets killed but starts on its own again.

Please help.

If you take a look into the properties of your service, there is a tab called Recovery. Maybe there is something configured on this page which automatically restarts the service.

Maybe you can use Process Monitor to find out a little more about who starts your service?

Oliver 2010-03-15 14:01:02

Where do i look for the tab called Recovery that you are talking about. Its not present in the properties of the Service that i have created.

Snowill 2010-03-15 14:06:02

@Snowill Start->Control Panel->Admin. Services->Services.Right click on a specific service, click Properties and one of the tabs at the top should say Recovery.

AndyC 2010-03-15 14:29:46

It says "Take no action" for all three types of failures specified.

Snowill 2010-03-15 14:50:26

I tried creating a sample Windows service in C# and still i am facing the same issue. When i start the service from 'Services' it starts fine but when i try to stop it manually from 'Services' it stops but starts up again immediately.

Snowill 2010-03-17 09:20:47

@Snowill: Can you add your sample code to your question?

Oliver 2010-03-17 10:21:03

I think recovery would only apply if the service was stopping unexpectedly (i.e. crashing). Manually stopping the process is normal. All I can think is that another process is asking to have the service started again.

Chris Smith 2010-03-17 22:14:50

I suppose this was something to do with the operating system. I deployed my service on Win2k3 and it worked just fine. It started perfectly and stopped when i stopped it from Services.msc. I was trying to deploy the service on WinXP earlier. Please let me know if anyone else has faced such an issue.

Snowill 2010-03-17 11:54:02

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