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I've setup the UnhandledException to log any exceptions before my service crashes.

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(unhandledException);

I'm testing this by throwing and unhandled exception.

throw new Exception("TestExcepion"); private void unhandledException(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e) { // Logs to Log4Net but its not reaching here. Log.Info("Unhandled Exception: " + (e.ExceptionObject as Exception).ToString()); }

I'm attempting to log this within my unhandledException method using Log4Net but im getting nothing.

Why isn't the exception being caught?

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It is probably that your throwing code is before use set AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException or because you put it in OnStart method

Second option is because it is ThreadException.

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Bingo. I am putting it in the OnStart method. Thanks.
ThreadException is specific to Windows Forms and doesn't apply to Windows Services (stackoverflow.com/a/2014684/8479).

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