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ahmd0
ahmd0

Reputation: 17293

How to change Windows console app C# project into Windows Service using Visual Studio 2010?

I used this tutorial to create C# Windows service using Visual Studio 2010 and its stock console app project, but after I changed everything and tried to install it as such:

"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil" /i myservice.exe

I don't see my service in the list of services through Control Panel. I then checked the output from the installutil and found this message:

Remove InstallState file because there are no installers.

I'm not sure why it says it because I do have an installer class, defined as such:

namespace MySrvr
{
    class MyServiceInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer
    {
        public MyServiceInstaller()
        {
            ServiceProcessInstaller process = new ServiceProcessInstaller();

            process.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;

            ServiceInstaller serviceAdmin = new ServiceInstaller();

            serviceAdmin.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Automatic;

            serviceAdmin.ServiceName = "MyServiceName";
            serviceAdmin.DisplayName = "My Service Display Name";
            serviceAdmin.Description = "My Service Description";

            Installers.Add(process);
            Installers.Add(serviceAdmin);
        }

    }
}

So what am I doing wrong here?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1096

Answers (1)

ahmd0
ahmd0

Reputation: 17293

OK, I got it. Two errors:

  1. The installer class must be declared as public

  2. It must have [RunInstaller(true)] attribute in front of it.

As such:

namespace MySrvr
{
    [RunInstaller(true)]
    public class MyServiceInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer
    {
    }
}

The version of installutil has nothing to do with it.

Upvotes: 5

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