FileSystemWatcher and Windows Service

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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana Dear All,<br/><br/>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana I am using a windows service that converts .bmp files to jpg files. The user actually drops the .bmp files in directory called C:Images . As soon as user drops the .bmp files the windows service performs the conversion into jpg files and the files are copied into another directory called C:newImages. The FileSystemWatcher keeps track of all the .bmp files that are droped into C:Images. Now the problem is that I want this service to run continously. At the moment the service only runs for the first time only. Below is my code:
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana private FileSystemWatcher _watcher;
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana _watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana _watcher.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(watcher_FileCreated);_watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana void watcher_FileCreated(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana string newName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(e.Name);
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana System.Drawing.Image img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(@"C:Images" + e.Name);
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana protected override void OnStop()
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana _watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana The above code runs fine but executes only once. How can i make this code running continously.I want the service to check for the .bmp files every second . How can this be achieved. A sample code will be greatly appreciated.<br/>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana <br/>cheers,
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt <span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Verdana Sammy Williams
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