CurrentDomain.UnhandledException is not being thrown in Windows Service

Question

I've setup the UnhandledException to log any exceptions before my service crashes.

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(unhandledException);

I'm testing this by throwing and unhandled exception.

throw new Exception("TestExcepion");

private void unhandledException(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
{
    // Logs to Log4Net but its not reaching here.
    Log.Info("Unhandled Exception: " + (e.ExceptionObject as Exception).ToString());
}

I'm attempting to log this within my unhandledException method using Log4Net but im getting nothing.

Why isn't the exception being caught?

Post more of your code here. – Ondrej Janacek Sep 03 '13 at 11:44 — Ondrej Janacek, Sep 03 '13 at 11:44

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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It is probably that your throwing code is before use set AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException or because you put it in OnStart method

Second option is because it is ThreadException.

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edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Sep 03 '13 at 11:46

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Bingo. I am putting it in the OnStart method. Thanks. – CathalMF Sep 03 '13 at 11:47
`ThreadException` is specific to Windows Forms and doesn't apply to Windows Services (http://stackoverflow.com/a/2014684/8479). – Rory Jun 05 '16 at 14:02

CurrentDomain.UnhandledException is not being thrown in Windows Service

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