Start Profiling a Windows Service

To profile the memory of a .NET Windows Service process, perform the following steps:

1.   Select the Profile Service command from the menu or toolbar.

2.   Select the service you want to profile from the list of services.

3.   If you want to profile using the default settings, click Start to start the application.

4.   If you want to modify settings, you can use the Next button to modify some common settings.

5.   When you have decided on the settings, click Start to start the application.

6.   When the “Waiting for profiled process to start” message has disappeared, you can start collecting heap snapshots.