1. Navigate to the windows service project.
2. From toolbar, select Project –> Properties
3. Set “Output type:” dropdown to “Console Application”
4. Open Program.cs, locate Main method, and add the following:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//to test and debug
if (Environment.UserInteractive)
{
YourWinService serviceHb = new YourWinService(args);
serviceHb.TestStartupAndStop(args);
}
else
{
var servicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
{
new YourWinService(args)
};
ServiceBase.Run(servicesToRun);
}
}
5. Navigate to your service code and add the following method:
internal void TestStartupAndStop(string[] args)
{
this.OnStart(args);
Console.ReadLine();
this.OnStop();
}
6. Set breakpoints and run as console app.