Windows service

[aurelcly]

Please I want to start automatically my service when I use installutil without start it manually.I set start property in automatic in visual studio but in service explorer I must start service once manually.But after this it's start itself. Thank you.

[Dimitri Witkowski]

If you set start type to automatic, this means that your service will be started automatically when windows starts, and not when the installutil completes. If you want to start it after the installutil, you will need to run installutil first, and then run sc start <your_service_name>

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[Calla]

You could also try creating a Setup Project where you run code to start your service as a Custom Action.

ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("yourServiceName");
sc.Start();

[Mouldiwarp]

Hi, I got round that by adding a line into the projectinstaller.cs file. (Sorry, I hope I get the formatting right, I am new to contributing to this kind of forum.... and pretty new to C# and programming in general) After the statement:

Public ProjectInstaller()
{
InitialiseComponent();
}

I Added the following:

public override void Install(IDictionary stateSaver)
{
base.Install(stateSaver);
ServiceController controller = new ServiceCOntroller("//Service Name");
controller.Start();
}

You will also need to add using System.ServiceProcess; at the top of the file. I hope this helps, it took me a while to find the answer searching google. It works a treat for me.