How to execute Windows service at a specified time daily

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I need to schedule windows service on daily basis at pre-defined time to run and then sleep till the next day, How can i do that?

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Added a timer to timeout every 30 minutes and then validate if the time of the day has reached, if yes then perform the desired function, make sure that, mark a flag once its done for the day.

This should have been a ServerFault question. – Paul Sasik Mar 04 '10 at 13:00 — Paul Sasik, Mar 04 '10 at 13:00

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '10 at 12:19

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You don't. You setup a scheduled task; services as (generally) for background running processes.

answered Mar 04 '10 at 12:19

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Ack. Although you might consider adding a timer if the service *also* should perform periodic tasks (checking for updates, cleaning up work folders or whatever) besides its main purpose. – Dirk Vollmar Mar 04 '10 at 12:30

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How might I schedule a C# Windows service to perform a task daily

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answered Mar 04 '10 at 12:22

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 04 '10 at 12:20

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You can start or stop a service using a batch file.

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Then just add a scheduled task to start or stop the batch file

answered Mar 04 '10 at 12:20

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