How can I get the ServiceName in a Windows Service written in C#?

How can I get the service name programatically using this.ServiceName in a Windows Service written in C#? When I try this, it's asking for assembly re开发者_运维问答ference but its not accepting anything:

string path = this.ServiceName + ".config";

but its getting error.

Your service needs to inherit ServiceBase from System.ServiceProcess.dll.

When you will have that you will be able to access this.ServiceName property.

Sample:

public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
{
    public Service1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
        string test = this.ServiceName;
    }

    protected override void OnStop()
    {
    }
}

If you want to access it from Main() (Program class), then you can do something like this:

namespace WindowsService1
{
    static class Program
    {
        static ServiceBase[] _servicesToRun;

        static void Main()
        {
            _servicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] 
            { 
                new Service1() 
            };

            string serviceName = _servicesToRun[0].ServiceName;

            ServiceBase.Run(_servicesToRun);
        }
    }
}

To find the .config file for your service, do not use the service name. That's not how the CLR works, it selects the .config file based on the EXE name. Fix:

 var path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile;

To access the configuration file you need the application name not the service name (if you are using standard .Net application configuration files).

To get the application executable use System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName