Boilerplate Windows Service in C#

WindowsService.cs

// reference System.ServiceProcess
// nuget install log4net
class Program : ServiceBase
{
    static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger("main");

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Configure logging
        log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(new FileInfo(Path.Combine(AssemblyDirectory, "log4net.config")));
        Logger.InfoFormat("Starting {0}", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version);
        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += (_, e) => Logger.Error(string.Format("UnhandledException. Terminating:{0}", e.IsTerminating), e.ExceptionObject as Exception);

        // Run on console
        if (args.Length > 0 && args[0] == "-console")
        {
            var program = new Program();
            program.OnStart(args.Skip(1).ToArray());

            var r = new ManualResetEvent(false);
            Console.CancelKeyPress += (_, e) => { e.Cancel = true; r.Set(); };
            r.WaitOne();

            program.OnStop();
            return;
        }

        // Run as windows service
        Run(new Program());
    }
    
    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
      Logger.Info("Starting..");
      // Setup your threads of work here
    }
    
    protected override void OnStop()
    {
      Logger.Info("Stopping..");
      // Dispose your resources here
    }

    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/52797/how-do-i-get-the-path-of-the-assembly-the-code-is-in/283917#283917
    static string AssemblyDirectory
    {
        get
        {
            string codeBase = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
            var uri = new UriBuilder(codeBase);
            string path = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uri.Path);
            return Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
        }
    }
}

log4net.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!-- copy to output -->
<log4net>

  <appender name="Console" type="log4net.Appender.ColoredConsoleAppender">
    <mapping>
      <level value="ERROR" />
      <foreColor value="Red, HighIntensity" />
    </mapping>
    <mapping>
      <level value="INFO" />
      <foreColor value="White" />
    </mapping>
    <mapping>
      <level value="WARN" />
      <foreColor value="Yellow, HighIntensity" />
    </mapping>
    <mapping>
      <level value="DEBUG" />
      <foreColor value="Green" />
    </mapping>
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
    </layout>
  </appender>

  <appender name="RollingFileMsg" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <file value="logs\msg.log.txt" />
    <appendToFile value="true" />
    <rollingStyle value="Size" />
    <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
    <maximumFileSize value="10MB"/>
    <staticLogFileName value="true" />
    <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
    </layout>
  </appender>

  <appender name="RollingFile" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
      <param name="LevelMin" value="DEBUG"/>
      <param name="LevelMax" value="FATAL"/>
    </filter>    <file value="logs\info.log.txt" />
    <appendToFile value="true" />
    <rollingStyle value="Size" />
    <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
    <maximumFileSize value="10MB"/>
    <staticLogFileName value="true" />
    <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
    </layout>
  </appender>

  <appender name="RollingFileForErrors" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
      <param name="LevelMin" value="ERROR"/>
      <param name="LevelMax" value="FATAL"/>
    </filter>
    <file value="logs\error.log.txt" />
    <appendToFile value="true"/>
    <rollingStyle value="Size"/>
    <maxSizeRollBackups value="10"/>
    <maximumFileSize value="10MB"/>
    <staticLogFileName value="true"/>
    <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
    </layout>
  </appender>

  <root>
    <level value="DEBUG" />
    <appender-ref ref="Console" />
    <appender-ref ref="RollingFile"/>
    <appender-ref ref="RollingFileForErrors"/>
  </root>

  <logger name="msg.logs">
    <level value="VERBOSE" />
    <appender-ref ref="RollingFileMsg" />
  </logger>

</log4net>

LogExtentions.cs

static class LogExtentions
{
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2279773/log4net-how-to-log-a-verbose-message

    public static void Trace(this ILog log, string message, Exception exception)
    {
        log.Logger.Log(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType,
            log4net.Core.Level.Trace, message, exception);
    }

    public static void Trace(this ILog log, string message)
    {
        log.Trace(message, null);
    }

    public static void Verbose(this ILog log, string message, Exception exception)
    {
        log.Logger.Log(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType,
            log4net.Core.Level.Verbose, message, exception);
    }

    public static void Verbose(this ILog log, string message)
    {
        log.Verbose(message, null);
    }

}