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
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