Service Programming - How to tell if the current process is running as a Windows Service..

[Mike Doner]

I'm writing a .DLL that's being used in both our Client and Server application. Is there a windows call I can use that will tell me if the current process is running as a windows service or not? Thnx. M.

[Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer]

Can't you use GetCurrentUser? I'm pretty sure that a service will default to LocalSystem, or such. I'm also pretty sure that it can do clever things like ImpersonateUser, etc, but you can't cover everything! Lastly, doesn't a service run from a different context, so GetDesktopWindow would fail? While not a black and white answer for you, I hope that helped. Iain.

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[KarstenK]

Use a flag which you can control. :rolleyes:

Greetings from Germany

[Nibu babu thomas]

Mike Doner wrote:

Is there a windows call I can use that will tell me if the current process is running as a windows service

You can check whether one of the parent processes of this process is services.exe, user services are created via this process.

Nibu babu thomas Microsoft MVP for VC++ Code must be written to be read, not by the compiler, but by another human being. Programming Blog: http://nibuthomas.wordpress.com