>I have a small exe which runs just fine when i run it as a console app. I converted it into a System Service and installed the service with installutil.
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>The problem is that this exe refers to external dll (located in the same bin directory as the exe) When the exe tries to load one of the dll i get a FileNotFoundExeption. if i copy the dlls to whe winnt\system32 dir, everything is fine. but i don't want to do that.
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>Is there any difference on dependency search path in .Net for service application ? And how could i resolve this without copying the dlls into the system directory or to the GAC ?

Did you try to reference that file with:

        lcStartupDirectory = Application.StartupPath + "\"