run a c# program in the background continuously on a computer

Question

I have the code below as an example, but would like to know how i could run the console .exe file indefinitely but run the for loop on five minute increment..

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {                
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hellow world");                    
        }
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

use `while ( true )` then return false after 5 minutes has passed. — Security Hound, Jul 02 '13 at 16:08
You can use `DateTime.Now` to get the current time, or use the `Stopwatch` class to be more accurate. — Matthew, Jul 02 '13 at 16:09
@user2543131 - Your current code only loops 10 times. Get to the point where the loop is infinite. Your previous question's answers explain how to do that. — Security Hound, Jul 02 '13 at 16:10
You already asked this, and you already accepted an answer. Why are you asking again? — abelenky, Jul 02 '13 at 16:11
@abelenky, thanks for posting this. I was wondering where all the downvotes were coming from — Abe Miessler, Jul 02 '13 at 16:17

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '13 at 16:09

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Take a look at Thread.Sleep:

Thread.Sleep(300000);

Where the number is the number of milliseconds you want to wait. I wouldn't recommend using a console application to do this though. Have you looked at creating a windows service?

answered Jul 02 '13 at 16:09

Abe Miessler

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '13 at 16:12

I would run it as a Windows Scheduled Task. This way you don't have to re-implement all the scheduling options in your own application. So, the steps would be:

Write a simple console application that executes your logic once and then exits
Create a Scheduled Task to run your application at regular intervals. (Documentation is here)

run a c# program in the background continuously on a computer

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