Set Programatically a Windows Service Log on to Local System Account with Desktop interact.

Question

Hello Everyone :)

I have a Windows service built which is being installed by .NET 2.0's installutil /i command.

It installs the service as with the following Account and Password:

NT AUTHORITY\LocalService

running my service with

net start

brings a Error 5: Access Denied Message.

To remove it I've had to open up services.msc and from the Properties give the service

Logon As -> Local System Account -> Allow Service to interact with desktop.

Can I put this whole "clicky" business into code which is either:

Native .NET C# code

OR

WMI or some other Batch script.

I'll be using a batch script anyways so either is fine :)

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Figured out an Answer, thanks very much to the following Webpage to which I give full credit.

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Here's the Solution I have, just change your service name as needed. Throw it in a C# Console App and run it :)

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    string serviceName = "SERVICE_NAME_HERE"; 
    string objPath = string.Format("Win32_Service.Name='{0}'", serviceName);
    using (ManagementObject service = new ManagementObject(new ManagementPath(objPath)))
    {
        object[] wmiParams = new object[11];
        wmiParams[6] = "LocalSystem";
        wmiParams[7] = "";
        service.InvokeMethod("Change", wmiParams);
    }
}

}