Does C# windows service takes time to start around 60-65 sec? [closed]

Question

I designed a windows service in C#, and it takes time to start (60-70 sec). I was wondering does it generally take that long to start? It is my code which is taking that much time?

I have two threads which runs every 6 seconds and 1 minute.

And if it takes that much time, can somebody tell me why it takes that much time. Not in detail just an overview.

Answer 1

If your service does alot of work during startup (service.OnStart), it will take a long time to start.

Defer the work to another thread if you want the service to startup immediatly.

This assumes that normal service startup is pretty much immediate.

Answer 2

Like Oded said,

     protected override void OnStart(string [] args)
  {
System.Threading.Thread workerThread =new System.Threading.Thread(longprocess());
workerThread.start();
  }

private void longprocess()
{
///long stuff
}

Although this will make your service to startup quickly it will not gurantee that longprocess() will be done quickly.