Create a Windows Service in .NET That Can Also Run as Console Application

I’m creating a simple windows service using Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.  I want to be able to easily test it by simply running the resulting exe without the need to install the service.  I did some research on this topic and found three helpful articles:

• HybridService: Easily Switch between Console Application and Service (on CodeProject)
• Run Windows Service as a console program
• Creating a windows service in visual studio 2010 (in VB)

I found that the first article was a bit more work than the second.  In the end, I pretty much combined the latter two articles’ approaches and created a simple template (in C#) that can be used as a starting point for any long-running windows service.  It’s still a work in progress, but I figure this will probably give some folks a head start and also is an opportunity for folks to tell me what I’m doing wrong.

To start, create a new Windows Service Project:

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