I am relatively new to Wix and have not used the Service Control functionality yet, but I have over the years created services and installed them with setups created by another non-wix setup. So from that perspective, given your statement "but does not remove the service from the Services list", I would suggest the following.
The Service Control Manager maintains a list of services as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682544(v=vs.85).aspx Some windows services have a command line switch, which when executed creates these registry keys in a self-install process. This method is not the recommended way to install a service, because when it is used the setup program does not know to remove these keys. You may need to implement code to remove these registry entries, but you should use SCM functions and take control of the database lock (with LockServiceDatabase and UnlockServcieDatabase) rather than directly editing the registry without taking these steps. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682562(v=vs.85).aspx I'm sorry I can't advise on the Wix implementation yet. Phill -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Service-Uninstall-not-Removing-Service-tp7588797p7588807.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
