installutil completes successfully but service is not installed

Question

I am trying to install a windows service.

running c:\windows\microsoft.net\Framework64\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe c:\foo\MyAssembly.exe

i get a nice message that all phases (install, commit) completed successfully.

(i do not get prompted to enter service credentials)

afterwards i do not see the service in services console. nothing useful in install log.

the solution is built on a 64bit box, and i am trying to install the service on a 64bit machine. however, i do not see 64bit as an option in solution properties. i did manually edit all the csproj files to select "x64" for [platform] nodes..

i can run the service out of visual studio no problem.

installer.cs

[RunInstaller(true)] public partial class Installer : System.Configuration.Install.Installer {     public Installer() {         InitializeComponent();     } } 

this is the default installer provided by visual studio.

Answer 1

You need to add some Installer objects to the Installers collection. The example here is what you want for installing a windows service. Something like

[RunInstaller(true)] public class Installer : System.Configuration.Install.Installer {     private ServiceInstaller serviceInstaller;     private ServiceProcessInstaller processInstaller;      public Installer()     {         // Instantiate installers for process and services.         processInstaller = new ServiceProcessInstaller();         serviceInstaller = new ServiceInstaller();          // The services run under the system account.         processInstaller.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;          // The services are started manually.         serviceInstaller.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual;          // ServiceName must equal those on ServiceBase derived classes.         serviceInstaller.ServiceName = "Hello-World Service 1";          // Add installers to collection. Order is not important.         Installers.Add(serviceInstaller);         Installers.Add(processInstaller);     } }