Have you tried it without the Arguments="-Install" being part of the syntax? From what I understand, those arguments are those needed to run the service, not to install the service. For example, if I want to install our service smanually, I run -Service as the paramter, but I sure don't include that in my install as ServiceInstall takes care of it for me.
It seemed worth mentioning. Chad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sandip Ghosh Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:08 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Issues with ServiceInstall I have been installing/uninstalling services through Custom Actions earlier. I attempted to use ServiceInstall to install the service. The service installs, but I cannot start it. It appears to be a permissions problem. I have read a bunch of posts, and have attempted some of the suggestions, but could not get this to work. I have tried to only install the service through the MSI and start the service manually, I get the error 1053 - "Service did not start in a timely manner". I think I was getting the 1920 error without the Account and Password attributes on ServiceInstall. If I attempt to start the service, then uninstall fails to remove it, the service goes into a disabled state and I have to reboot to clear the service registry. I have tried deleting registry keys related to the service, but it did not work. However if I uninstall without attempting to start the service, then the service gets correctly removed through the MSI. I could not get anything useful out of the Event Viewer or MSI logs. This all ofcourse, works fine if I attempt to install/start the service through the command line, which is what the Custom Action was invoking. Here is the code snippet, its pretty similar to what others have posted. <Component Id="atlantis" Guid="65822460-7229-4935-94e7-449baf1ca86c" DiskId="1"> <File Id="file0" Name="file0" LongName="AtlantisAgent.exe" src="d:\test\atlantis\AtlantisAgent.exe" KeyPath="yes" /> <ServiceInstall Id="atlantisagentwinservice" Name="AtlantisAgentWinService" Arguments="-Install" DisplayName="AtlantisAgentWinService" Description="Atlantis Agent Windows Service" ErrorControl="normal" Start="auto" Type="ownProcess" Account="[SERVICEACCOUNT]" Password="[SERVICEPASSWORD]"/> <ServiceControl Id="atlantisagentwinservice" Name="AtlantisAgentWinService" Remove="uninstall" Wait="yes"/> </Component> I am using Wix 2.0.4820. Thanks, -Sandip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
