How to resolve "'installutil' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."?

Question

Just tried to run an application via the following:

I have browsed to the directory with an app WindowsService1.exe in it, then tried the command Installutil WindowsService1.exe but got the following error...

As VS has only been installed for a day or two I'm worried that something may be wrong with that install as it should recognise installutil.

Are there some basic diagnostics I can perform to ensure that VS Command Prompt is finding all the programs that it should ?

EDIT

If i run PATH in the command prompt I see the following:

Answer 1

This is a tiny bit off-topic but I've stopped using InstallUtil to install my services. It's is really easy to just add it to the service itself. Add a reference to System.Configuration.Install (not available in the Client Profile editions if I remember right) and then update your Main()-function in Program.cs like this.

static void Main(string[] args) {     if (Environment.UserInteractive) {         var parameter = string.Concat(args);         switch (parameter) {             case "--install":                 ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(new[] { Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });                 break;             case "--uninstall":                 ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(new[] { "/u", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });                 break;         }     } else {         ServiceBase[] servicesToRun = {              new Service1()          };         ServiceBase.Run(servicesToRun);     } } 

Then you can just call WindowsService1.exe with the --install argument and it will install the service and you can forget about InstallUtil.exe.

Answer 2

This is what I have done to make it go away:

1. Found where installutil resides on my PC. In my case it was C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

2. Opened a command prompt as an Administrator and changed current directory to above: 'cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319'

3. Then entered: 'installutil C:\MyProgramName.exe'

Interestingly, prior to above solution I tried different options, among them adding C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 to the System Path variable, but it still could not find it.

Wish you all smooth installation.