There is one windows service which is installed on one of our servers and working fine.
I tried to replicate the same on the other server, so I took the exe setup from one server to another and tried to install the windows service using installUtil.exe
It is giving me
The Commit phase was completed successfully. The transacted install has been completed.
but the service cannot be found in the services list and it is also giving me this message at the time of installation.
No public installers with the RunInstallerAttribute.Yes, the attribute could be found in the xyz.exe assembly.
Remove InstallState file because there are no installers.
and I am not sure why this is happening? I tried googling but most of them have given the solution to add installer to the project.
But if the installer is not added how the service is running on the first server
is there another way to install the service?
Could it be related to the Windows OS version?
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A long time back I developped a Windows service with c# 4.0 and also created a setup file with VS2010 for that app. I installed that app and it was running. someone removed that Windows service not properly like removing some entry from registry regarding that app and as a result that app name is not showing in ADD/Remove list and removed all files and folder from program files folder related to that Windows service.
So when I try to run the setup file for that win service to install it in my pc then I am getting the error message Enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package
so guide me how could I again install that Windows service in my pc from that setup. thanks
I've found the "Windows Installer cleanup uitlity" to be enormously helpful in situations like this. It's an abandoned project, but you can still get it by googling. You can use it to completely remove a program from your computer, after which it won't conflict with a new installation.
I found it here:
www.majorgeeks.com
Simply download the file needed and provide the [un]installer with the download folder. And press OK. You can do it without interrupting the process. Do not use the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility It is not supported and extremely dangerous!
I am managing the installation of our product to be installed on our clients servers. The installation includes an application that is a service and I am installing that service with the command line through the installer.
The question is, when I install a new version of the application, the uninstall process I believe shuts down the service so it can remove the EXE for it. Do I have to UNINSTALL and REINSTALL the service, or do I need to just install the new application and just start the service as the new EXE for the service will be replaced?
You do not need to UNINSTALL it, but you do need to STOP it if it is running, so that the lock on the EXE is released. Once EXE is updated - you can START the service.
You should be able to update any needed files as long as the service is not running.
I inherited a couple c# windows service projects. I have fixed some bugs in the code and now I need to deploy the new executable. What is the normal process for updating / replacing a windows service? I have remote desktop access to the server that I am installing it on.
Just stop the service and replace the executable and possibli the additional dependency you have updated. Of course it could be helpful have a backup of the running service, just to be safe :)
If you need to know exactly where the service is running, open Service Control Manager, select your serice, and look in the properties/general: you will find the executable path.
It's enough to replace exe and dlls. Obviously you have to stop the service first. If dlls were registered in GAC they might be used by other software on that machine, in such case before compiling and deploying change their version.
For a .Net Windows Service you need to use the InstallUtil command line tool to uninstall the old service, then use it to install the new one.
See...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/50614e95(v=vs.80).aspx
I've to create a service in Visual Studio for one customer.
The customer IT service indicate me that they don't want any installer, only one exe that can be installed with instsrv.exe.
So I created a Service project on VS2010, compilated it(in 64 bits, it's an application that has to be ran in 64bits).
First problem: I didn't found any instsrv.exe, so I used InstallUtil.exe, the 64 bits version :
C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\v4.0.xxxx\InstallUtil.exe "PathToMyGeneratedExe"
It says me that "The commit phase completed successfully." and "The transacted install has completed.".
So I assume that the install completed successfully.
But if I go in the service console, I can't find the created service.
So what am I missing?
InstallUtil is intended for usage with a service installer (which is really easy to make, but a bit buried) I imagine your client wasnt after a gui installer but I think it may be worth your while putting in the base serviceinstaller.
Normally InstallUtil will also prompt for a user to run the service under as well. if you havent got this you probably arent installed
Take a read of http://arcanecode.com/2007/05/23/windows-services-in-c-adding-the-installer-part-3/ for details of how to do this
(TLDR right click on your service design surface and add installer)
There is a weird issue I am facing. I created my first windows service looking through various blogs and tutorials.
Then created setup for that adding installer etc. It works fine while installing , un-installing via Visual Studio but it fails when i deploy it .
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\Users\bhuvint\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\CPNS Library\ServicePackage\CommonPushNotificationWindowsService.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ You cannot start application CommonPushNotificationWindowsService from this location because it is already installed from a different location.
+ You cannot start application CommonPushNotificationWindowsService from location file:///C:/Users/bhuvint/Documents/Visual%20Studio%202010/Projects/CPNS%20Library/ServicePackage/CommonPushNotificationWindowsService.application it is already installed from location file:///C:/inetpub/wwwroot/ServicePackage/CommonPushNotificationWindowsService.application. You can start it from location file:///C:/inetpub/wwwroot/ServicePackage/CommonPushNotificationWindowsService.application or you can uninstall it and reinstall it from location file:///C:/Users/bhuvint/Documents/Visual%20Studio%202010/Projects/CPNS%20Library/ServicePackage/CommonPushNotificationWindowsService.application.
I have already un-installed the service and trying to install it from the deployed service in the same pc to test. But it fails with above error.
I feel i have deployed the windows service the wrong way. Could you guys please suggest how to deploy a windows service ?? (I have looked through net. All suggest building it and installing it from visual studios. But how to publish it is the thing which i need.)
Please help asap.
Possibly you built the setup project before uninstalling the preovious service. In that case you can't use the new setup to uninstall the service, since the setup won't be the same and can't be able to access the service installed.
You should try to go to a previous version of your project and uninstall the service and for the future unistall the service each time you're building your setup project.
This happened to me several times.
Run visual studio in debug mode, and in your properties of your service project goto tab build events in Post-Build event command line and add a -d so you can run your service without installing it, it will run as an console app
The LocalService account acts as a non-privileged user on the local computer, and presents anonymous credentials to any remote server. Use the other accounts with caution, as they run with higher privileges and increase your risk of attacks from malicious code.
If your service application will not install correctly, check to make sure that the ServiceName property for the service class is set to the same value as is shown in the installer for that service. The value must be the same in both instances in order for your service to install correctly.
NoteNote
You can also look at the installation logs to get feedback on the installation process.
You should also check to determine whether you have another service with the same name already installed. Service names must be unique for installation to succeed.
STUPIDITY PERSONIFIED
As i told i was deploying my service. So this published code had a "setup.exe" file to it. Now I had already created a setup project for the windows service , which i was using for the installing , uninstalling . And i din't know (These words needs courage !!) that msi file created is required to install the windows service. So as i got through the folder structure of the setup project. I came across the .msi file . And hence the problem got solved. The Main problem was :
Me not knowing to use setup projects
And I confused setup.exe with the published windows service with the setup of windows service.
I am really sorry for stealing bandwidth off your precious time. Thanks to all for the valuable inputs.