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I have .NET service and I need to debug it.

I want it to stop when it reaches some place in code and start the debugger. Can anyone provide some code sample?

UPDATE

Simply adding 

Debugger.Launch();

does not work for Windows service.

Captain Comic
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  • I've simply added debugger launches to my win services with it successfully working. – Jeff LaFay Oct 04 '10 at 12:36
  • 2 jlafay. Well may be I ve got some permission issue. I am running the service on Windows 2003 server, where I have Visual Studio installed and it does not start the debugger. – Captain Comic Oct 04 '10 at 12:43

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Try using Debugger.Break(), as per this answer.

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Nathan Baulch
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Add a Debugger.Launch(); to the place in your code where you want to start debugging.

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  1. Add the following code to the place where you want to stop service.
  2. Run Service.
  3. Attach debugger
  4. Add f to watch, change it value to false

  5. Continue debugging

    bool f=true; while(f) {//<- Add breakpoint here

    }

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Here are the steps for that:

1) Stop & uninstall the running service 2) Rename or remove the release version of the service 2) Create a Debug build of the service 3) Install this debug build of service 4) Start the service 5) Open the service solution from Visual studio 6) Select Tools->Attach process 7) In the process list you will see the running service, Attach it 8) Set breakpoints wherever required

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