c# - How to prevent a custom thread crashing the windows service in .Net 4.5? -

consider following snippet. thread spawned main windows service thread crash because tries open null path. crashing of windows service follow.

namespace threadcrashservice { class program {     public const string servicename = "threadcrashservicetest";     private static timer _timer = null;     private static int _timerinterval = 60000;      static void main(string[] args) {         if (!environment.userinteractive) {             // running service             using (var service = new service1()) system.serviceprocess.servicebase.run(service);         } else {             string parameter = string.concat(args);             switch (parameter) {                 case "--install":                     if (isserviceinstalled()) {                         uninstallservice();                     }                      installservice();                     break;                 case "--uninstall":                     if (isserviceinstalled()) {                         uninstallservice();                     }                      break;                 default:                     program program = new program();                     program.start();                     return;             }         }     }      private static void installservice() {         managedinstallerclass.installhelper(new[] { assembly.getexecutingassembly().location });     }      private static bool isserviceinstalled() {         return system.serviceprocess.servicecontroller.getservices().any(s => s.servicename == servicename);     }      private static void uninstallservice() {         managedinstallerclass.installhelper(new[] { "/u", assembly.getexecutingassembly().location });     }      public void start() {         try {             thread thread = new thread(() => threadmethodthatwillcrash());             thread.start();         } catch {             // nothing         }     }      public void threadmethodthatwillcrash() {                     // argumentnullexception         file.open(null, filemode.open);     } } 

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i know in windows form application, can use

system.windows.application.current.dispatcherunhandledexception += current_dispatcherunhandledexception;  

and

system.windows.forms.application.threadexception += new threadexceptioneventhandler(application_threadexception);  

to catch global exceptions not handled ui threads. console application, can use

appdomain.currentdomain.unhandledexception += new unhandledexceptioneventhandler(myhandler); 

to log exception. not able prevent thread crashing windows service. else can prevent thread crashing windows service? can't change way how thread created because it's in third-party library.

you can use main thread spool tasks tpl in order preserve state of process.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/27384788/376550

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537609(v=vs.110).aspx