Though I haven’t personally tested, I have good reason to believe that the above stated AT COMMAND solution will work for XP, 2000 and Server 2003. Per my and Bryant’s testing, we’ve identified that the same approach does not work with Vista or Windows Server 2008 — most probably due to added security and the … Read more
sc create <servicename> binpath= “<pathtobinaryexecutable>” [option1] [option2] [optionN] The trick is to leave a space after the = in your create statement, and also to use ” ” for anything containing special characters or spaces. It is advisable to specify a Display Name for the service as well as setting the start setting to auto … Read more
An MSI is a Windows Installer database. Windows Installer (a service installed with Windows) uses this to install software on your system (i.e. copy files, set registry values, etc…). A setup.exe may either be a bootstrapper or a non-msi installer. A non-msi installer will extract the installation resources from itself and manage their installation directly. … Read more
Navigate to the installutil.exe in your .net folder (for .net 4 it’s C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 for example) and use it to install your service, like this: “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe” “c:\myservice.exe” Regarding a comment, for 64bit apps, use below: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe
In short, services set to Automatic will start during the boot process, while services set to start as Delayed will start shortly after boot. Starting your service Delayed improves the boot performance of your server and has security benefits which are outlined in the article Adriano linked to in the comments. Update: “shortly after boot” … Read more
Use the SC command, like this (you need to be on a command prompt to execute the commands in this post): SC STOP shortservicename SC DELETE shortservicename Note: You need to run the command prompt as an administrator, not just logged in as the administrator, but also with administrative rights. If you get errors above … Read more
There may be several causes which lead to the service being stuck in “marked for deletion”. SysInternals’ Process Explorer is opened. Closing it should lead to automatic removal of the service. Task Manager is opened. Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is opened. To ensure all instances are closed, run taskkill /F /IM mmc.exe. Services console is … Read more