Windows Service not Auto Starting on reboot

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Solution 1

If your service StartType is set to Automatic, but the service is not running after a reboot, then either your service has a dependency on another service that is not starting correctly, or your service's own startup code is failing and ends up stopping the service. Check the Windows Event Log for errors (if you are not logging your own errors, you should be).

Solution 2

Go to your windows services, right click --> Properties, and then select Startup type to Automatic.

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Malachi

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Updated on April 19, 2020

Comments

Malachi about 4 years
I have done some Researching and implemented some additions from the Questions that I found here on StackOverFlow. but I am still having issues with the service not auto-starting

here are some of the Questions/Answers that I have read
I set the Start Type in my Installer code

I set the after install Code

I tested by rebooting, nothing.

uninstalled, re installed, started service and then reboot again, service didn't auto start on reboot.

I made sure every time I made a change that I did a rebuild on the project and the setup project before a fresh install.

I am not finding much for my current situation, when searching Google either.

am I missing something?
Jeff about 11 years

Are you logging? I would imagine if it is set to automatic and it is not restarting that there would be an exception somewhere.
Martin Argerami over 6 years

This is not necessarily the case. My service has no dependencies and has been working fine for the last 10 years. Then yesterday I updated to 1703 (Creators Update), and now it doesn't start on boot; but it can still be started manually.
Rudy Hinojosa about 6 years

I am using Top Shelf 3.2. I suspect your application might be dependent on the event log service if you are logging. In top shelf the code is DependsOnEventLog()
Herman Van Der Blom over 5 years

They suggest that you use als startup: Automatic (delayed). May be not everything is loaded at the point you want to start your service. With Automatic (delayed) your service will be started last in line.