How do I check if my executable is running for a service or for a normal program?-CodePudding

I'm developing a win service in using mingw I've been trying for hours I looked for examples on the internet I used ChatGPT and nothing it returned works and the few examples I found had nothing to do with what I wanted

I hope there is some way to do this the idea and before i create the SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY i can check if my executable was started for a windows service, if yes i create the SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY if I don't do anything else.

CodePudding user response：

If your program supports multiple modes then I would suggest using a command line parameter like /service for the service registration.

Alternatively you could check if your process token contains S-1-5-6 (SECURITY_SERVICE_RID) but I'm not sure which Windows version that was introduced.

CodePudding user response：

I saw a simple way to check this just create SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY and use StartServiceCtrlDispatcher if it returns an error probably the executable was started like a normal program.

SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY _dispatcher_entry_table[] = 
{

    {"", (LPSERVICE_MAIN_FUNCTION)serviceMain},

    {NULL, NULL}

};

if (StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(_dispatcher_entry_table))
{

    //probably a normal program

}