Should have taken another minute to look. In the registry
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Themes Set the Start dWord to 2 (Automatic) instead of 4 (Disabled). If you have Services applet open you can then F5 refresh to see the change. So, should not require a Custom Action from what I can tell. Just a Registry element and a ServiceControl element. Chad -----Original Message----- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Start an existing disabled service? It is the ServiceInstall element in native WiX that sets the Start type of the service. Since your installer is not installing this service (Windows did that for us all) then I don't think you get to control that aspect through your installer using native WiX. You'd almost certainly be looking at a Custom Action if it is possible. Or a registry write might get it. The ServiceControl element could probably be used to start the service once is isn't Disabled using the name THEMES <ServiceControl Id='StartThemes' Name='THEMES' Start='install' Wait='yes'/> Hope that helps some Chad -----Original Message----- From: Sajo Jacob [mailto:spja...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:15 PM To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Start an existing disabled service? I have to start the "Themes" windows service from my MSI. If the service is disabled on the target machine, I want to change the service config to "Auto" and start the service. How can I do this in WiX? Thanks, Jacob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
