C# Windows Service unexplainably stops when started in SCM

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I am making a Windows service in Visual Studio using C#. When I run the program from the command line it works as expected. No exceptions get thrown or anything like that, and the event log get's written to like normal. Here is my entry method.

var service = new CSFolderWatcher();
if (Environment.UserInteractive)
{
    service.CallStart(args);
    Console.WriteLine("Press enter to stop program");
    Console.Read();
    service.CallStop();
}
else
{
    ServiceBase.Run(new ServiceBase[] { new CSFolderWatcher() });
}

However, when I go into the SCM to start the service, a box immediately pops up that says "The CS Folder Watcher service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs." Nothing gets written to the event log at all. Here is my onStart code:

internal void CallStart(string[] args) { OnStart(args); }
internal void CallStop() { OnStop(); }
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
    this.ServiceName = MyServiceName;

    Properties.Settings.Default.Reload();
    this.destfolder = Properties.Settings.Default.DestinationFolder;
    this.watchfolder = Properties.Settings.Default.WatchFolder;
    this.watchfilter = Properties.Settings.Default.WatchFilter;
    LogEvent(this.ServiceName + " starting" + "\r\n" +
        "Destination folder: " + this.destfolder + "\r\n" +
        "Watch Folder: " + this.watchfolder + "\r\n" +
        "Watch Filter: " + this.watchfilter + "\r\n" + 
        "OnStart args: " + string.Join(", ", args));

    // Create a new FileSystemWatcher with the path
    //and text file filter
    try { watcher = new FileSystemWatcher(watchfolder, watchfilter); }
    catch (Exception e) { LogEvent(e.ToString()); throw; }

    watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = Properties.Settings.Default.WatchSubdirectories;
    watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.LastAccess
                         | NotifyFilters.LastWrite
                         | NotifyFilters.FileName
                         | NotifyFilters.DirectoryName;

    // Add event handlers.
    watcher.Changed += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
    watcher.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
    watcher.Deleted += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
    watcher.Renamed += new RenamedEventHandler(OnRenamed);
    watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
}

asked 46 secs ago

Arlen Beiler

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C# Windows Service unexplainably stops when started in SCM