Service: one-click Update-service-to-this-version (no uninstall/reinstall)

Because the service now runs from its own admin-only copy, getting a new build into it
meant uninstall+reinstall (two UAC prompts). Add a DoUpdate path + Service-menu item
that does it in one: stop -> overwrite the ProgramData bin copy from the running app ->
start. Wired as the --update-service verb (elevated), recognised by the service-verb
gate. Enabled only when the service is installed; falls back to a plain install if not.

Note: the service bin folder stays admin-only writable on purpose (a user-writable
SYSTEM binary would be a privilege-escalation hole), so the copy is done elevated via
the one UAC prompt rather than in-process.

Gate: 40/40.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Ednunp
2026-07-17 14:55:14 +01:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
parent b8d0fa5a65
commit fa554cbe35
5 changed files with 34 additions and 5 deletions
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@@ -2228,6 +2228,8 @@ public sealed class MainForm : Form
install.Click += (_, _) => ServiceAction(ServiceControl.InstallVerb, "install", confirm: true);
var uninstall = new ToolStripMenuItem("&Uninstall service") { AccessibleName = "Uninstall service" };
uninstall.Click += (_, _) => ServiceAction(ServiceControl.UninstallVerb, "uninstall", confirm: true);
var update = new ToolStripMenuItem("Up&date service to this version") { AccessibleName = "Update service to this version — copies the currently-running RemSound build into the service" };
update.Click += (_, _) => ServiceAction(ServiceControl.UpdateVerb, "update", confirm: false);
var start = new ToolStripMenuItem("S&tart service") { AccessibleName = "Start service" };
start.Click += (_, _) => ServiceAction(ServiceControl.StartVerb, "start", confirm: false);
var stop = new ToolStripMenuItem("Sto&p service") { AccessibleName = "Stop service" };
@@ -2241,7 +2243,7 @@ public sealed class MainForm : Form
{
status, new ToolStripSeparator(),
configure, new ToolStripSeparator(),
install, uninstall, start, stop, new ToolStripSeparator(),
install, uninstall, update, start, stop, new ToolStripSeparator(),
activityLog, updateLog,
});
serviceMenu.DropDownOpening += (_, _) =>
@@ -2261,6 +2263,7 @@ public sealed class MainForm : Form
var installed = state != ServiceState.NotInstalled;
install.Enabled = !installed;
uninstall.Enabled = installed;
update.Enabled = installed; // refresh the service's copy with the running build (stop→copy→start)
start.Enabled = installed && state is ServiceState.Stopped;
stop.Enabled = installed && state is ServiceState.Running;
}
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@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ internal static class Program
/// never reached.</summary>
internal static bool IsServiceInvocation(string[] args) =>
HasArg(args, ServiceControl.RunVerb) || HasArg(args, ServiceControl.InstallVerb)
|| HasArg(args, ServiceControl.UninstallVerb) || HasArg(args, ServiceControl.StartVerb)
|| HasArg(args, ServiceControl.StopVerb);
|| HasArg(args, ServiceControl.UninstallVerb) || HasArg(args, ServiceControl.UpdateVerb)
|| HasArg(args, ServiceControl.StartVerb) || HasArg(args, ServiceControl.StopVerb);
// Writes an otherwise-fatal exception to a timestamped crash file in the logs folder, so a
// "RemSound just disappeared, no dialog" report (#16) leaves a stack behind to diagnose instead
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@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ internal static class SelfTest
foreach (var verb in new[]
{
ServiceControl.RunVerb, ServiceControl.InstallVerb, ServiceControl.UninstallVerb,
ServiceControl.StartVerb, ServiceControl.StopVerb,
ServiceControl.UpdateVerb, ServiceControl.StartVerb, ServiceControl.StopVerb,
})
{
Check(Program.IsServiceInvocation(new[] { verb }), $"'{verb}' must be recognised as a service invocation");
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ internal static class SelfTest
if (!loadedBefore)
Check(!IsAssemblyLoaded(svcAsm), "deciding a normal launch must not load the Windows-service assembly");
return "normal launches stay load-safe; all five service verbs recognised (case-insensitive)";
return "normal launches stay load-safe; all six service verbs recognised (case-insensitive)";
}
/// <summary>The Service menu's "View service log" opens the newest diagnostic log — the log that says
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@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public static class ServiceControl
/// the Program.cs dispatcher agree.</summary>
public const string InstallVerb = "--install-service";
public const string UninstallVerb = "--uninstall-service";
public const string UpdateVerb = "--update-service";
public const string StartVerb = "--start-service";
public const string StopVerb = "--stop-service";
public const string RunVerb = "--run-service";
@@ -201,6 +202,29 @@ public static class ServiceControl
return rc;
}
/// <summary>Refreshes the service's OWN copy of the program with the CURRENTLY-running build, without
/// an uninstall/reinstall: stop → overwrite the binaries in <see cref="ServiceStore.BinDirectory"/>
/// from this exe's folder → start. Must be run elevated (writing into the admin-only service bin
/// folder, and stop/start). Returns 0 on success. Used by the Service menu's "Update service" so a new
/// build reaches the service in one UAC prompt.</summary>
public static int DoUpdate()
{
if (!IsInstalled()) return DoInstall(); // not installed yet — a plain install does the copy too
var exe = Environment.ProcessPath;
var sourceDir = string.IsNullOrEmpty(exe) ? null : Path.GetDirectoryName(exe);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceDir)) return 2;
try { DoStop(); } catch { /* best-effort — copy may still fail if files stay locked, handled below */ }
try { CopyProgramTo(sourceDir, ServiceStore.BinDirectory); }
catch (Exception ex)
{
ServiceStore.AppendServiceEvent($"update: copy program failed: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
try { DoStart(); } catch { /* leave it stopped rather than half-updated */ }
return 5;
}
return DoStart();
}
/// <summary>Starts the service. Must be run elevated. Returns 0 on success.</summary>
public static int DoStart()
{
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@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ internal static class ServiceEntry
var verb = Has(args, ServiceControl.InstallVerb) ? "install"
: Has(args, ServiceControl.UninstallVerb) ? "uninstall"
: Has(args, ServiceControl.UpdateVerb) ? "update"
: Has(args, ServiceControl.StartVerb) ? "start"
: Has(args, ServiceControl.StopVerb) ? "stop"
: null;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ internal static class ServiceEntry
{
"install" => ServiceControl.DoInstall(),
"uninstall" => ServiceControl.DoUninstall(),
"update" => ServiceControl.DoUpdate(),
"start" => ServiceControl.DoStart(),
"stop" => ServiceControl.DoStop(),
_ => 0,