System.Diagnostics.Process.Start () cannot start a process when called from a Windows service

Question

I am trying to start an external process from a .NET Windows service. I used to use overloading Process.Start(), which takes an executable path and command line. It works. But now I would like to start the process and run it in the context of a specific user. Therefore i call this versionStart()

public static Process Start(
    string fileName,
    string userName,
    SecureString password,
    string domain)

However, when I call the method, the application I'm trying to run throws an unhandled exception:

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application.

I tried to run different applications, and they all throw the same exception. I ran the code outside of the Windows service and the application starts correctly.

So, is there a way to make this work in a windows service?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

It is just a shot in the dark, but perhaps you can try to start the Windows service interactively. If this works, it cannot be done in Windows Vista (due to session isolation 0).

Answer 4

Use Filemon and see if it tries to open the configuration file and not find it. I once received this error due to an incorrect configuration.