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).
Neil -----Original Message----- From: bonn deng [mailto:bonnd...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 August 2009 08:31 To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Problem about installing windows services, need help! 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 services, but I can't start the service correctly, every time I got the message: "Service 'PublishService' failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services." And my wix code is as follows: *<DirectoryRef Id="PUBLISHSERVICE">* * <Component Id="PublishServiceComponent" Guid="5e9f12c0-9c80-4e6b-b271-2a8e21fabf2f">* * <File Id="PublishService.exe" Name="PublishService.exe" Source="PublishService.exe" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" />* * ......//and other files needed by the PublishService.exe* * * * <ServiceInstall Id="InstallPublishService" Type="ownProcess" Vital="yes" Name="PublishService" Description="PublishService" Start="auto" Account="NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService" ErrorControl="ignore" Interactive="no">* * </ServiceInstall>* * <ServiceControl Id="PublishServiceControl" Name="PublishService" Start="install" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Wait="yes" />* * </Component>* * </DirectoryRef>* By the way, in order to exclude the possibility that the failure is caused by the PublishService.exe itself, I used the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt to run the command "InstallUtil /u PublishService.exe", and I succeeded this way. Do you guys have any ideas where I'm going wrong? Thanks in advance~ Best wishes, Bonn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
