If you are still looking for an answer to this, I faced a similar situation a 
few months ago - the issue could be that the default working dir for the NT 
service is something like windows\system32. You would need to set it right in 
the code, so that the service executable can find the app.config in the 
executables directory.
-Vivek

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Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 5:55 PM
To: chr...@deploymentengineering.com
Cc: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Self Hosted WCF Service Install

Word on the Christmas stuff. I got around it by programmatically setting the 
endpoint configuration, so no need to dig further. Thanks for the help though.


On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Christopher Painter 
<chr...@deploymentengineering.com  > wrote:

> I'd have to spend some time on this to make sure I'm not wrong, but I 
> thought I recalled putting together a windows service that exposed a 
> WCF webservice and that that when I did the endpoint (ABC's) was
> stored in the exe's app.config.   Again, I could be wrong as this  
> isn't something I do every day.
>
> For profiling, I meant debugging the code to see exactly why it's 
> throwing an exception.
>
> Maybe I can find some free time later to look at this but for now it's 
> christmas tree lights and egg nog.
>
> --- On Sun, 11/22/09, james poole <poole.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: james poole <poole.ja...@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Self Hosted WCF Service Install
>> To: chr...@deploymentengineering.com, "General discussion for Windows 
>> Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:12 PM So I tried having the 
>> App.config get installed to the same directory, but no luck.  Also, 
>> when using installutil.exe, you don't have to carry around the 
>> app.config file.  Strange.
>> Can you point me in the right direction for profiling?  Not exactly 
>> sure what you mean.
>>
>> Thanks again,James
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:23 PM,
>> Christopher Painter <chr...@deploymentengineering.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> InstallUtil truely is evil and the
>> WiX way of doing things should work just fine.  I've installed dozens 
>> on .NET services this way.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The error message about no endpoints makes me wonder if
>> your app.config is getting installed.   I'd do some
>> profiling of the app to see whats going on.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog
>>
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>> deserves attention? E-Mail Me
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>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 11/22/09, james poole <poole.ja...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: james poole <poole.ja...@gmail.com>
>>
>>> Subject: [WiX-users] Self Hosted WCF Service Install
>>
>>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>
>>> Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 1:20 PM
>>
>>> So I'm fairly new
>> to WIX and I'm
>>
>>> running into a problem that seems pervasive
>>
>>> on the web.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Basically, I have a .NET self-hosted WCF service
>> inside of
>>
>>> a windows
>>
>>> service.  If I follow Msft's guidelines and add
>> a
>>
>>> installer class to the
>>
>>> Windows Service project, then run installutil.exe,
>>
>>> everything works great.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> If I follow the WIX guideline to use the
>>
>>> <ServiceInstall> way to install the
>>
>>> service, it fails to start up due to some sort of
>>
>>> configuration issues.
>>
>>> (Says zero endpoints were configured).
>>
>>>
>>
>>> What is going on when I run installutil.exe that
>> doesn't
>>
>>> happen when I
>>
>>> install the service through WIX using
>>
>>> <ServiceInstall>?  Has anyone come
>>
>>> across this before?
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>>> James
>>
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