Re: [WiX-users] Problem about installing windows services, need help!

2009-08-20 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Is you service dependent on any components in the GAC? If it is, then Windows Installer cannot start it because it tries to start the service before it has registered the components in the GAC. The only way round this I know is to use a custom action to start the service (or don't use the GAC). Ne

Re: [WiX-users] Problem about installing windows services, need help!

2009-08-20 Thread Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software)
Hi, Can the service be started manually after it got installed? Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -Original Message- From: bonn deng [mailto:bonnd...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 09:3

Re: [WiX-users] Problem about installing windows services, need help!

2009-08-20 Thread bonn deng
Sorry to bother, the command line I used in the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt is "InstallUtil PublishService.exe". 2009/8/20 bonn deng > Hi, all~ I ran into this weird problem as follows: > I'm using WiX3.0 to build an installation package which will install > several windows ser