simple service giving error 1053

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<pre class="prettyprint" style="font-size:12px // The first Windows Service application
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

// Make sure that the path is correct - that the folder exists
#define SLEEP_TIME 5000
#define LOGFILE "C:\MyServices\memstatus.txt"

// Replace with wide-chars
int WriteToLog(char* str)
{
FILE* log;
log = fopen(LOGFILE, "a+");
if (log == NULL)
return -1;
fprintf(log, "%sn", str);
fclose(log);
return 0;
}


SERVICE_STATUS ServiceStatus;
SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE hStatus;

void ServiceMain(int argc, char** argv);
void ControlHandler(DWORD request);
int InitService();

void main()
{
SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY ServiceTable[2];
ServiceTable[0].lpServiceName = "MemoryStatus";
ServiceTable[0].lpServiceProc = (LPSERVICE_MAIN_FUNCTION)ServiceMain;

ServiceTable[1].lpServiceName = NULL;
ServiceTable[1].lpServiceProc = NULL;
// Start the control dispatcher thread for our service
StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(ServiceTable);
}

// Service initialization
int InitService()
{
int result;
result = WriteToLog("Monitoring started.");
return(result);
}

void ServiceMain(int argc, char** argv)
{
int error;
MEMORYSTATUS memory;
char buffer[16];
int result;

ServiceStatus.dwServiceType = SERVICE_WIN32;
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_START_PENDING;
ServiceStatus.dwControlsAccepted = SERVICE_ACCEPT_STOP | SERVICE_ACCEPT_SHUTDOWN;
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
ServiceStatus.dwServiceSpecificExitCode = 0;
ServiceStatus.dwCheckPoint = 0;
ServiceStatus.dwWaitHint = 0;

hStatus = RegisterServiceCtrlHandler(
"MemoryStatus",
(LPHANDLER_FUNCTION)ControlHandler);
if (hStatus == (SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE)0)
{
// Registering Control Handler failed
return;
}
// Initialize Service
error = InitService();
if (error)
{
// Initialization failed
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = -1;
SetServiceStatus(hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
return;
}

// We report the running status to SCM.
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_RUNNING;
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus);

// The worker loop of a service
while (ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_RUNNING)
{
GlobalMemoryStatus(&memory);
sprintf(buffer, "%d", memory.dwAvailPhys);
result = WriteToLog(buffer);
if (result)
{
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = -1;
SetServiceStatus(hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
return;
}
Sleep(SLEEP_TIME);
}
return;
}

void ControlHandler(DWORD request)
{
switch(request)
{
case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP:
WriteToLog("Monitoring stopped.");

ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
return;

case SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN:
WriteToLog("Monitoring stopped.");

ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
return;

default:
break;
}

// Report current status
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
return;
}


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i have the above service,when i run it i get an error 1053. <hr class="sig Tarun

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