How to capture console output from a service C#?

Question

We have a C# service that is deployed to a remote customer system. The application writes a substantial amount of \"diagnostic\" information to the console (i.e. Console.WriteL

Answer 1

Are you able to change the service code at all? If so, using Console.SetOut to write to a file instead would be the most obvious first port of call. Then change to using a proper logging library for the next release :)