How To Install Windows Service Without Installutil Exe

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Apr 17, 2012 I'm tring to install a windows service and keep getting the following message, can anyone help with this? TIA C: Program Files My Application>installUtil. I will demonstrate the easiest way of installing a Windows service. Using the InstallUtil.exe had been my primary mechanism of installing a Windows service until I.

How To Install Windows Service Without Installutil Exe

Farming Simulator 2013 Utorrent Tpb Memes. Unfortunately, as of Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft has deleted the 'Setup Project' built-in feature of Visual Studio, in a move which I opine was a nod to their long-time business partner, InstallShield (owned by Flexera software). They removed this feature because they wanted to direct their customers to use hideously expensive third-party software to graphically build Windows Installers using InstallShield.

• • Introduction I will demonstrate the easiest way of installing a Windows service. Adobe Photoshop 8.0 Serial Key. Using the InstallUtil.exe had been my primary mechanism of installing a Windows service until I came across. That article has demonstrated that a service can be installed/uninstalled/launched from the command line alone. I, on the other hand, have come up with a way to install/uninstall the Windows service by double clicking the service executable. The traditional command line approach is as follows: C: >InstallUtil MyWinService.exe Kevin Hazzard’s command line approach is as follows: C: >MyWinSvcHost.exe -install My approach: Just double click on the Service EXE.

Command To Install Windows Service

Using the Code The first double click on the service executable will install the service and the second double click on the service executable will uninstall the service. Whenever we run a Windows service, the main method gets executed as this serves as the entry point for the service. The list of existing Windows services can be fetched using the GetServices method of the ServiceController class. Loop through the array of services to determine if our service is already installed. If the service does not exist on the machine, we will install it by executing the InstallMe method of the SelfInstaller class, followed by a message box notification of the same.