建议在Windows服务中存储配置数据的方法是什么？

Question

So, I have written a Windows service in Go using this API.

Everything is working well, but I am wondering what's the best way to store configuration data in a service.

Usually, I use SHGetKnownFolderPath to get to the AppData directory and create my app directory in there.

However, in a service this gives me a path in C:/Windows/system32/config/userprofile, which is fine technically since I can do what I need in there, but I'm left wondering if maybe there's a preferred way to store configuration.

Is it better to use the registry for this ? Or is there something else on Windows for this purpose ?

What do Windows sysadmins expect from a service in this case ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You are almost always better off storing your configuration data in Registry. That is what a typical Windows admin would expect of a well behaved service. Windows ain't Unix. :-)

You can use this package to interact with the registry.