Why do you need it "after" the service starts? MSI creates directories, copies files, writes registry, creates services and starts services in that order because it makes sense. You could override the default sequence and write registry after starting services but that would be for all registry values and it doesn't really make sense to me to do it that way.
---------------------------------------- From: "Ravi Raj" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:47 PM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing Windows Service using WiX Thanks all, for this cool info, now just one more thing. I want to store some value in the registry just after my service starts. Is there a way to do this via wix? On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Neil Sleightholm <[email protected]>wrote: > You just need to add ServiceControl element to start the service; you also > need this to remove the service on uninstall as ServiceInstall doesn't do > that. To find out where the start is scheduled open up the MSI with Orca or > InstEd and see where StartServices is in the InstallExecuteSequence. > > There is one gotcha though if your service uses assemblies in the GAC that > you are also installing the start will fail as the assemblies are added to > the GAC after the start is scheduled - to get round this I have just > shelled a call to "net start". > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ravi Raj [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 28 October 2012 19:57 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing Windows Service using WiX > > I guess I have to implement start service method. But can I start service > WiX after successful install?? > Also when/which phase this service deployment start while installing? > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:45 AM, John H Bergman (XPedient) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I am curious, why would you not want to use the built in functionality? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ravi Raj [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:05 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] Installing Windows Service using WiX > > > > I wanted to install a service using WiX but I want to do this in > > custom actions (C#) and not want to use <SeviceInstall> tags. How can > > I make this possible?? > > > > Just wanted to ask, when this ServiceInstall executes (I know it will > > be in deferred but when if I have some deferred actions already)?? > > > > -- > > Thanks and Regards, > > Ravi Raj > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- > > WINDOWS 8 is here. > > Millions of people. Your app in 30 days. > > Visit The Windows 8 Center at Sourceforge for all your go to resources. > > http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ > > join-generation-app-and-make-money-coding-fast/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- > > WINDOWS 8 is here. > > Millions of people. 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