Linux 'netstat' command finds out which process is listing upon a port. Obviously, you usually need it when something doesn't allow to start/restart an application or docker.

You can add the service with PowerShell. New-Service and Get-service are available in PowerShell 5, for 'Remove-Service' PowerShell >= 6 required. Otherwise you can use 'sc.exe DELETE MyMegaServiceApplication'. You should execute it with as an administrator. Not any application you can start a service. As a .Net developer, I usually create .Net solutions, in this case you should create application based on 'worker service' template in VS 2022 or any other IDE.

I will write down the useful method. I used it several times and it works good. It's C# method to create a UNC directory recursively and return the path.

If you want to write an application which uses RabbitMQ, I advise you to use docker image of Rabbit. It's lightweight and can be easily executed.

Create a console app with .Net Framework 4.7.2 with Dapper and datasource in MSSQL Server or PostgreSQL.

If you create this ancient app, you should only add Dapper and NPGSQL packages from Nuget. The support of MS SQL Server is already built in. The scenario for .Net Framework is from real life, several applications still require this framework.

During previous 5 years I have downloaded files from FTP server. Those were texts and images, that had been downloaded from FTP resources. During these 5 years its quantity became enormous – over 150 000 items in each folder. It worked automatically, that's why I hadn't paid attention to disc size and quantity of files. But once the space decreased too much.

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You can get list of available NuGet packages for Visual Studio using Package Manager Console (in VS – Tools / NuGet Package Manager / Package Manager Console).

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