problem with Interop.Outlook.dll usage

Question

Hi All i am using Interop.Outlook.dll for reading mails from a outlook folder. Application is running properly when i run it as Windows form application. But when i run it as 'Windows Service' it is giving problem. Service is getting started but it initialize components like outlook.application windows is saying 'Outlook has encountered an error. do you want to send error report.' please help me. I feel like when a dll is working properly as window form application it should also run as a window service. thanks in advance Regards Sivakumar

Ankur Gupta · Answer

You can not get outlook mails using Outlook dll in windows service because of security concern.

PJ Martins · Answer

I'm assuming you are part of a domain if that is the case you might need to set the service to run under your credentials in order to load your outlook settings you can do this by going to the properties of your service and changing the Log On properties to yours.

sivakumar arani · Answer

Thanks for your reply. Yes i am running on the same machine both the window application and service.

PJ Martins · Answer

Are you running the service on the same machine as the Windows form application?