What is a servicetype?

The service type indicates how the service is used by the system. The ServiceController that passes commands to the service stores a value for the service type. The value of a ServiceType instance represents a set of flags combined using the bitwise OR operator. The creation of interactive services is not supported.

How to create interactive service in servicetype?

The value of a ServiceType instance represents a set of flags combined using the bitwise OR operator. The creation of interactive services is not supported. To workaround this, you can create a non-interactive service and a separate control GUI application that communicates with the service using sockets or remoting.

What does the servicecontroller store in a servicetype?

The ServiceController that passes commands to the service stores a value for the service type. The value of a ServiceType instance represents a set of flags combined using the bitwise OR operator. The creation of interactive services is not supported.

What is the service type of a service?