Basic program shell for running a Windows service from the console.

Program.cs

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;

namespace ServiceTest
{
  static class Program
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// The main entry point for the application.
    /// </summary>
    static void Main()
    {
      if (Environment.UserInteractive)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Hit enter to exit");
        var service = new Service1();
        service.Start();
        Console.ReadLine();
        service.Stop();
      }
      else
      {
        ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
        ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] 
        { 
          new Service1() 
        };
        ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
      }
    }
  }
}