Following the instructions did not yield a service I could actually start. I had to invoke `UseWindowsService` on the `IHostBuilder` in `Program.CreateHostBuilder`.

[stevenwbass]

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• Content: Create a Windows Service using BackgroundService
• Content Source: docs/core/extensions/windows-service.md
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• Microsoft Alias: dapine

[IEvangelist]

Hi @stevenwbass - I'm sorry that you had a bad experience, but this step is right there in the article. You must have skimmed past this or something?

To help improve its visibility I'm adding another heading to help with discoverability. Instead of being nested under the Rewrite the Worker class heading, it will be under a new heading called Rewrite the Program class.

[stevenwbass]

Ah, yes, I must have. Thank you!