I’m trying to run my Go application as a Windows service, but despite using svc.IsWindowsService() (the example in https://github.com/golang/sys/blob/master/windows/svc/example/main.go), it still returns false when the application is started as a Windows service. How can I properly configure my Go application to run as a Windows service?

Thank you!

This is my code

func main() {
    setupService()
}

func setupService() {

    isWindowService, err := svc.IsWindowsService()
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to determine it is Windows service: %v", err)
    }

    log.Printf("isWindowService: %v", isWindowService)

    if isWindowService {
        service.RunService(utils.SVCName)
        return
    }

    err = service.InstallService(utils.SVCName, "vcoa")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to install the service: %v", err)
    }

    err = service.StartService(utils.SVCName)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to start the service: %v", err)
    }
}