Debugging Preparation: Windows Services

A Windows service is a program that runs in the background under Microsoft Windows. Examples include the Telnet service and the Windows time service, which updates your computer's visible clock. A Windows service cannot be run from within Visual Studio; it must run within the context of the Services Control Manager. For more information, see Creating Windows Services, Debugging Windows Service Applications, and Windows Service Applications.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Debug the OnStart Method

Concepts

Project Settings for C# Debug Configurations

Project Settings for a Visual Basic Debug Configuration

Other Resources

Debugging Managed Code

Debugging Preparation: C#, F#, and Visual Basic Project Types