Windows Service Recovery Property?

[Strahimir Antoljak]

I am creating a new windows service and I would like to control its Recovery
property. On a system administrator level the Recovery property is found in
Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> Service Properties
(right click on a service) -> Recovery tab [in the ClipBook Properties
(Local Computer) dialog box] -> First failure, Second failure properties.

Would anyone know if I can (and how) control First, Second Failure property
programmaticall y instead of going to the Administrative tools? Or would
anyone know how to deal with this automatically when installing or starting
the windows service?

Thanks,

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Strah @ Langan

[Strahimir Antoljak]

thanks Richard for a guideline
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Strah @ Langan

"Richard" <Ri*****@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
news:72******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

I don't think there is any .NET API to explicitly do this. If there is it
would be hanging off of the ServiceInstalle r class and I don't see one...
BUT the recovery settings are just registry entries so in a worst case
scenario all you'll have to do is add some registry writes to your service
installer/uninstaller logic... I dunno registry keys/values offhand but if you fire up regedit and poke around a service that has non default settings you'll find them...

--Richard

"Strahimir Antoljak" wrote:

I am creating a new windows service and I would like to control its Recovery property. On a system administrator level the Recovery property is found in Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> Service Properties
(right click on a service) -> Recovery tab [in the ClipBook Properties
(Local Computer) dialog box] -> First failure, Second failure properties.
Would anyone know if I can (and how) control First, Second Failure property programmaticall y instead of going to the Administrative tools? Or would
anyone know how to deal with this automatically when installing or starting the windows service?

Thanks,

--
Strah @ Langan

[Mike Mazar]

I found this page which may answer your question:

A ServiceInstalle r Extension That Enables Recovery and Autostart Configuration
http://www.thecodeproject.com/csharp...stallerExt.asp

Mike Mazar

"Strahimir Antoljak" wrote:

thanks Richard for a guideline
--
Strah @ Langan

"Richard" <Ri*****@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
news:72******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

I don't think there is any .NET API to explicitly do this. If there is it
would be hanging off of the ServiceInstalle r class and I don't see one...
BUT the recovery settings are just registry entries so in a worst case
scenario all you'll have to do is add some registry writes to your service
installer/uninstaller logic... I dunno registry keys/values offhand but

if

you fire up regedit and poke around a service that has non default

settings

you'll find them...

--Richard

"Strahimir Antoljak" wrote:

I am creating a new windows service and I would like to control its Recovery property. On a system administrator level the Recovery property is found in Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> Service Properties
(right click on a service) -> Recovery tab [in the ClipBook Properties
(Local Computer) dialog box] -> First failure, Second failure properties.
Would anyone know if I can (and how) control First, Second Failure property programmaticall y instead of going to the Administrative tools? Or would
anyone know how to deal with this automatically when installing or starting the windows service?

Thanks,

--
Strah @ Langan