Question service startinfo.username (Local account)

[mikeb]

Hello...

I have a service that installs correctly with the project installer setup. The service starts an executable but it shows up in the task manager as running under "SYSTEM". I would like to run it as a local account that has admin privileges.
Before starting the process, I use
myprocess.startinfo.username = "mylocaladmin"
myprocess.startinfo.password = "mypword"

This user is not on the domain. Whether I specify a value for this field or not, the executable runs under SYSTEM.

Has anyone been able to do this without using impersonation?

Thanks

 

[jmcilhinney]

Have you set the WorkingDirectory and UseShellExecute properties as it says to in the documentation?

 

[mikeb]

Yes. They are both set correctly. Note that the service starts my executable like I want... just not with the correct username. It starts it under SYSTEM