Why won't my .Net Windows service start automatically after a reboot?

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I get the error below in the event log when the computer boots, the service is set to automatically start, when I manually start the service it starts without a problem.

Any ideas?

Service cannot be started. System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80010002): Call was canceled by the message filter. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010002 (RPC_E_CALL_CANCELED)) at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)

Thanks

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2 Answers

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Does your service depend on some other component/service that may not have started up yet at machine boot?

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You can fix this by adding a dependency to the Windows Management Instrumentation service (winmgmt.exe).

Please see my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13454379/1003958