Telegram – Decide program running as Windows service / console cmd C# .NET

Basically I already try deciding using if else like this:

static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
    string licenseKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LICENSE_KEY");

    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(licenseKey))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("LICENSE_KEY not found.");
        return;
    }

    if (args.Contains("--console") || Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("RUN_AS_SERVICE") != "true")
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Running as console.");
        var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
        var task = RunAsConsoleAsync(cancellationTokenSource.Token);
        await task;
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Running as Windows service.");
        RunAsWindowsService();
    }
}

The problem is, I already try to install my App.exe as a Windows service. But my program is still using the first one, where running on console. To be honest, I am not using environment variable RUN_AS_SERVICE, because that was not efficient for client in the future.

Here is my code for supporting program to run as service:

static void RunAsWindowsService()
{
    EventLog eventLog = new EventLog();

    if (!EventLog.SourceExists("TelegramBotService"))
    {
        EventLog.CreateEventSource("TelegramBotService", "Application");
    }

    eventLog.Source = "TelegramBotService";
    eventLog.Log = "Application";

    HostFactory.Run(x =>
    {
        x.Service<TelegramBotService>(s =>
        {
            s.ConstructUsing(name => new TelegramBotService(eventLog));

            s.WhenStarted(tc =>
            {
                try
                {
                    Task.Run(() => tc.StartAsync()).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                    eventLog.WriteEntry("Service started successfully.", EventLogEntryType.Information);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    eventLog.WriteEntry($"Error saat menjalankan service: {ex.Message}", EventLogEntryType.Error);
                }
            });

            s.WhenStopped(tc =>
            {
                try
                {
                    tc.Stop();
                    eventLog.WriteEntry("Service stopped successfully.", EventLogEntryType.Information);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    eventLog.WriteEntry($"Error saat menghentikan service: {ex.Message}", EventLogEntryType.Error);
                }
            });
        });

        x.RunAsLocalSystem();
        x.SetDescription("Telegram Bot Service");
        x.SetDisplayName("TelegramBotService");
        x.SetServiceName("TelegramBotService");

        // Pengaturan agar service mulai otomatis dan bisa recovery
        x.StartAutomatically();
        x.EnableServiceRecovery(r => r.RestartService(1)); // Restart setelah 1 menit jika terjadi kesalahan
    });
}

So maybe you guys have any idea, for a better if else check? personally I’ll add environment variable if I don’t have any idea til tomorrow.